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THE  ROBERT  E.  COWAN  COLLECTION 


I.I  i     111    Till. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

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C.  P.  HUNTINGTON 

cJUNE.   18Q7. 

flee  sssion  No'  - 


THE 


Key  to  the  Kingdom, 


OIR 


Heaoen  upon  Earth. 


SAN  FRANCISCO: 

LEADER  PRINTING  Co.,  532  COMMERCIAL  STREET. 
1891. 


TO  MY  CHILDREN. 


THIS  LITTLE  WORK    IS   DEDICATED   TO   MY    FOUR  DEAR 
CHILDREN    WHO     HAVE     UNREMITTINGLY    SUSTAIXKD    ME 
FOR  YEARS,    BY    THEIR    DILIGENCE    AND    HAPPY    HEARTS. 
THE     APPELLATION,      "SPIDKK"     WHICH     THEY    GA\ 
ENDEARED  ITSELF  TO  ME,  AND  I  THOUGHT  TO  PARTIALLY 
REPAY  THEM,   I   W<  TLD  WEAVE  OK    SPIN*    A    SIL\ 
THAT  IT  MIGHT    UNITE     US    MORE    CLOSELY    TO    HIM  WE 
LOVE,  AND  WHO    IS     OUR    SrSTAINKK      IN     TRUTH,    FOR  IN 
HIM  "WE  LIVE,  AND  MOV1.,    AND  HAVE  OUR  BEING."       HE 
GIVES  Al.I.  THINGS  FKI-1-I.Y   I-oK   THE  ASKING. 

MAMA. 


PSALM  LXII. 

Truly  my  soul  wniteth  upon  God:  from  him  cometh  my  salvation. 

He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation;  he  is  my  defence;  I  shall  not  be  greatly 
moved. 

How  long  will  ye  imagine  mischief  against  a  man?  Ye  shall  be  slain  all  of  you: 
as  a  bowing  wall  shall  ye  be,  and  as  a  tottering  fence. 

They  only  consult  to  cast  him  down  from  his  excellency:  they  delight  in  lies: 
they  bless  with  their  mouth,  but  they  curse  inwardly. 

My  soul,  wait  thou  only  upon  God;  for  my  expectation  is  from  him. 

He  only  is  my  rock  and  my  salvation:  he  is  my  defence;  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

In  God  is  my  salvation  and  ray  glory:  the  rock  of  my  strength,  and  my  refuge,  is 
jn  God. 

Trust  in  him  at  all  times;  ye  people,  pour  out  your  heart  before  him;  God  is  a 
refuge  for  us. 

Surely  men  of  low  degree  are  vanity,  and  man  of  high  degree  are  a  lie:  to  be  laid 
in  the  balance,  they  are  altogether  lighter  than  vanity. 

Trust  not  in  oppression,  and  become  not  vain  in  robbery:  if  riches  increase,  set 
not  your  heart  upon  them. 


PREFACE- 


The  spider  taketh  hold  with  her  hands  and  is  in  kings'  palaces. 
— Prov.  xx  x:  28. 

Dilligence  hath  its  reward.  We  write  this  epistle  to  those  who 
are  weary  of  creeds  and  dogmas,  and  who  have  not  yet  found  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  within.  Our  weapon  of  defense  is  knowledge. 
We  could  not  write  unless  we  had  the  standard.  We  do  not  tear 
down,  for  in  the  inner  meaning  of  His  Word  we  find  all  things  are 
necessary  to  operate  upon  the  mind  in  its  feebleness.  As  wisdom 
opens  the  door  into  the  kingdom  called  heaven,  we  ask  you  to 
seek,  if  you  would  find  the  key.  The  work  of  reformation  or 
regeneration  must  be  actualized  in  the  individual  soul,  then  we 
cross  the  Jordan  and  enter  the  land  flowing  with  milk  and  honey. 
It  is  a  truth,  not  as  we  read  of  in  Rev.  T.  DeWitt  Talmage's  book. 
He  reads  to  his  party  of  Christ's  baptism  in  the  Jordan,  and  goes 
into  the  river  with  a  candidate  to  immerse  his  body.  He  tells  us 
this  symbol  has  been  used  in  all  ages  to  divide  heaven  from  earth. 
The  doctor  goes  on  to  say  he  reported  to  no  particular  denomina- 
tion of  Christians  (quite  liberal).  We  go  further,  for  we  know  it  is 
not  the  dipping  of  ones  body  into  a  river  that  converts  the  mind 
from  a  state  of  ignorance  to  one  of  enlightenment.  We  know  that 
water  in  all  its  forms  is  expressive  of  creative  power,  and  we 
also  know  that  the  symbol  as  used  by  Dr.  Talmage  or  any  other 
person  must  in  time  wear  itself  out,  for  the  law  holds  good;  the 
shadow  must  pass  away.  "The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God, 
and  the  firmament  showeth  his  handiwork:  day  unto  day  uttereth 
speech,  and  night  unto  night  showeth  knowledge."  All  things 
speak  to  us  when  we  can  reason,  and  think,  compare  and  form 
similitudes.  It  is  the  meaning  of  Adam.  We  are  to  stand  firm  on 
our  feet,  with  God  to  guide  us. 


The  commercial  world  has  its  rules  and  measurements  to  guide 
and  govern  the  mind,  that  all  who  adhere  to  them  may  work  in 
harmony.  The  time  is  at  hand  that  the  least  shall  be  greatest. 
The  spiritual  has  not  as  yet  set  and  fixed  rules  firmly  established, 
nor  can  it  have  until  the  cry  goes  forth  for  equity  and  justice.  Then 
comes  the  awakening,  for  the  soul  is  crushed,  and  cries  out  as  did 
Saul,  "What  wilt  thou  have  me  do?" 

The  law  through  Moses  came,  then  the  prophets  were  sent  to  us, 
but  now  we  want  the  truth,  the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth, 
which  gives  us  the  standard,  the  true  rock  of  reason.  It  is  then  we 
are  blest  by  the  new  dispensation,  for  the  truth  sets  all  free,  every 
tribe,  tongue  and  nation. 

The  tfods  of  our  fathers  we  cannot  adore; 

It's  the  River  of  Water,  of  Life  we  explore. 
And  our  minds  then  unfold  according  to  law; 

\Ve  leave  all  in  kindness,  but  truth  we  adore. 

We  admire  Japhet,  but  love  Shem,  ami  we  know  in  time  that 
Japhet  will  come  into  the  tents  of  Shem  to  dwell.  God  hears  our 
prayer,  and  we  send  the  "Key"  to  open  the  door  that  all  may  enter 
the  eternal  kingdom  and  be  forever  and  -.  If  we  are  faith- 

ful over  a  few  things,  He  will  make  us  ruler  over  many,  and  our 
joy  will  be  complete.  Thus  the  spider,  as  the  smallest,  gets  into 
the  highest  place — the  palace,  and  weaves  a  web  to  catch  the  wise 
ones. 

Remember  the  little  child  state,  and  be  ye  not  puffed  up  with 
vain  glory. 

Heaven  is  that  which  is  wrought,  established.  Begin  now  to 
reconstruct.  The  soul  is  the  center,  and  as  your  mind  unfolds,  the 
light  will  shine  for  you  as  it  did  for  Paul,  but  like  Paul  you  may 
not  be  on  the  right  path,  although  joined  to  the  straightest  sect  or 
religion.  Adieu,  we  leave  you  with  the  "Key." 


The  Key  to  the  Kingdom 


OR. 


Heaoen  upon  Earth. 


This  planet  as  a  seed  or  soul  was  sent  forth  by 
His  word  and  represents  Elohim  as  motion,  which 
caused  the  nebulous  mass  to  become  detached, 
and  to  revolve  around  some  previously  created 
center.  It  took  ages  to  bring  about  a  state  of 
perfection  in  the  order  of  planets,  still  unproduct- 
ive of  life. 

Then,  as  the  planet  became  sufficiently  cooled 
and  encrusted,  the  power  of  God  again  went 
forth,  and  each  order  and  kingdom  were  suc- 
cessively established,  the  mineral,  vegetable  and 
animal. 

The  animal  most  nearly  resembling  the  human 
was  selected  as  our  forerunner,  and  the  soul  of 
man  was  sent  from  the  realms  of  perfection  to 
begin  the  work  of  regeneration.  It  has  been  going 
on  since  Adam,  and  yet  we  are  not  able  to  read 


6  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

"our  title  clear  to  mansions  in  the  skies."  We 
should  be  willing  to  hear  all  things  pertaining  to 
our  creation  and  perfection.  We  must  in  time 
be  perfect,  as  God  is  perfection.  There  is  within 
us  an  innate  desire  to  know  God  because  we  em- 
anated from  the  deity. 

The  human  body  as  a  microcosm  or  little  world 
is  an  image  of  the  macrocosm  or  great  world. 
Whatever  principles  of  science  have  been  dis- 
covered in  mechanics,  chemistry,  hydraulics, 
hydrostatics,  botany,  electricity,  etc.,  are  perfectly 
portrayed  in  the  functions  and  uses  of  the  human 
frame. 

Thus  the  body  is  the  temple  of  sciences,  both 
physical  and  philosophical. 

Pray  ye  that  your  flight  be  not  in  the  winter 
when  a  cold-hearted  selfishness  has  taken  posses- 
sion of  mind.  Matt.  20:  5. 

As  the  people  of  Israel  had  to  pass  through  the 
desert  before  they  could  arrive  at  tin-  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey,  so  we,  as  their  representa- 
tives, have  had  to  pass  through  all  the  signs  and 
forms,  parables  and  allegories,  that  have  been 
given  to  us  from  time  to  time,  to  prepare  our 
minds  that  we  might  in  time  gain  the  promised  land. 

Israel  means  one  who  prevails  with  heaven;  and 
heaven  is  a  state  of  consciousness  reached  through 
the  mind  if  a  cold-hearted  selfishness  has  not  taken 
possession  of  us. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  7 

Then  Israel  leads  us  to  the  land  flowing  with 
milk  and  honey,  which  types  food  for  the  soul. 

On  the  other  hand  "The  harvest  is  passed,  and 
the  summer  is  ended,  and  we  are  not  saved." 
Jen  8:  20. 

What  does  salvation  consist  of?  This  is  our 
work.  We  desire  to  prove  God's  wisdom  in  all 
things;  and  to  make  clear  to  those  who  are  broken- 
hearted the  way  unto  salvation. 

God  said  in  the  beginning,  "Let  there  be  light." 
It  was  a  prophetical  fiat.  The  light  of  the  Logos 
or  Word  is  here  awaiting  recognition,  but  who  is 
prepared  to  receive  it? 

Let  us  dispossess  our  minds  of  the  cold-hearted 
selfishness  that  has  taken  possession  of  us,  and 
acknowledge  the  dreary  march  through  the  desert; 
turn  not  to  man;  seek  God,  for  the  light  or  reason 
will  guide  you  safely  through,  follow  Him  who 
calls  Himself  "Lord of  the  harvest,"  and  who  tells 
us  that  we  may  reap  life  everlasting  if  we  will  fol- 
low Him. 

Then  if  any  man  shall  say  unto  you  "Lo!  here 
is  Christ,  or  there;  believe  it  not.  For  there  shall 
arise  false  Christs  and  false  prophets,  and  shall 
show  great  signs  and  wonders,  insomuch  that,  if 
it  were  possible,  they  shall  deceive  the  very  elect." 

We  have  been  granted  a  pleasure  in  finding 
what  perhaps  you  have  not  found — the  meaning 
of  Christ,  the  Messiah,  or  Anointed  One.  It  is 


8  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

He  who  has  been  burnt  of  all  impurities,  one  on 
whom  the  power  of  God  has  descended,  to  remain 
in  wisdom,  love  and  truth. 

The  soul's  relation  to  this  nature,  if  a  thing  of 
reality  and  not  of  mere  profession  and  belief,  must 
be  made  known  in  cell-growth  and  organic  action. 

Whereas,  I  was  blind,  I  now  see;  I  was  sick,  and 
I  am  healed;  I  was  ignorant,  and  now  I  am  com- 
mencing to  know;  I  was  weak  and  enfeebled,  and 
now  I  am  strong  and  full  of  power;  and  blessed 
above  all  things  else,  what  has  been  done  unto  me 
I  can  also  do  unto  others. 

This  must  be  the  true  declaration  of  each  one 
who  has  received,  and  is  having  developed,  that 
germ  whose  presence  in  the  soul  imparts  health, 
wisdom,  unselfishness,  virtue  and  power,  as  surely 
as  light  emanates  from  the  sun. 

Sickness  of  body,  selfishness  of  mind,  impurity 
of  heart  cannot  exist  where  the  order  of  Christ 
has  established  its  rule. 

Thus  we  are  looking  for  great  signs  and 
wonders,  and  cannot  be  deceived,  for  we  know 
what  Christ  means,  and  are  trying  to  demonstrate 
the  nature  in  our  everyday  life. 

Therefore,  we  desire  to  assist  in  the  work  of 
reformation  or  regeneration,  for  we  now  see  h< 
it  is  brought  about,  and  know  the  darkness  at  the 
beginning  comprehended  not  the  light. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  9 

The  light  is  to  come  to  us  as  our  minds  are  un- 
folded, and  the  method  whereby  this  work  is 
accomplished  we  will  in  our  little  book  try  to  set 
forth;  which  we  call  the  ''Key,"  because  we  know 
the  key  to  the  kingdom  of  heaven  was  given  to 
Saint  Peter.  We  have  learned  what  Saint  Peter 
represents.  We  will  give  you  the  benefit,  and 
that  we  hope  the  door  to  the  eternal  kingdom  will  be 
opened  for  you  while  it  is  yet  day. 

We  recognize  God  in  one  of  His  manifold  ways 
as  a  power  going  forth  which  at  first  appears  as 
nothing,  for  we  cannot  see  breath  or  life  when  it 
enters  a  body  that  He  has  designed  to  in  time 
become  perfect.  As  the  flower  unfolds,  we 
admire  it  the  more,  because  we  behold  its  beauties 
and  see  the  nature  of  God  operating  through  law 
and  order.  Then  we  adore  God  for  His  kindness 
in  giving  us  a  mind  capable  of  perception,  which 
faculty  we  know  is  the  first  to  be  developed, 
because  we  find  in  our  study  that  perception  cor- 
responds to  Jacob's  first  son  Reuben,  and  then  each 
son  bears  a  correspondence  to  the  highest  work 
that  man  can  attain  unto — that  of  unfolding  the 
mind  as  God  from  the  beginning  intended,  viz. 
first  to  be  able  to  gain  a  knowledge  of  Him  through 
the  outer  form  or  exterior  of  all  that  exists,  and 
then  to  enter  into  a  closer  relationship,  for  He  has 
prepared  the  way  for  us  to  get  out  of  the  wilder- 
ness that  we  are  now  in. 


IO  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

John  advances  as  the  forerunner  to  declare  and 
make  ready  the  way.  We  find  some  minds  no 
longer  satisfied  with  feeble  symbolism,  and  cry  out 
as  did  John,  "Make  ready  the  way!" 

The  shadow  of  good  things  must  pass  away 
that  the  sunlight  of  truth  may  enter. 

Jesus  confounded  and  humbled  the  wise  men 
by  showing  them  their  ignorance.  So  we  find 
we  must  confess  that  we  do  not  know,  before  we 
can  learn  anything. 

We  propose  to  lead  you  to  the  soul  of  the  Bible, 
but  cannot  lead  you  unless  like  the  wise  men  in 
the  temple  you  wish  us  to  tell  that  which  you  do 
not  know. 

(\Ye  have    large  works  that    treat  on    the  o 
shadowing  sul>j< 

The  Saint  Peter  theory  as  having  the  keys  to 
the  kingdom  we  now  understand,  as  being  neces- 
sary to  hold  us  until  the  Jesus  conies  to  the 
temple  to  open  the  door,  (which  is  done  by  the 
faculties  being  developed.)  and  in  no  other  way  can 
we  enter  into  the  kingdom,  but  through  the  door 
of  the  human  understanding.  This  is  why  Jesus 
confounded  the  wise  men.  He  came  from  God, 
and  was  the  pattern  or  type  for  humanity  to  follow. 
We  cannot  know  all  things  until  we  come  in  con- 
tact with  the  Logos  or  speak.  The  (iod  within 
speaks  when  your  mind  has  been  built  or  fashioned 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  I  I 

to  hold  the  Holy  of  Holies,  as  is  given  in  the 
account  of  the  building  of  the  temple  (in  1 1  Chron- 
icles). Jesus  was  born  of  lowly  parents.  There 
were  no  schools  for  Him;  He  was  compelled  to 
work;  but  we  find  Him,  nevertheless,  in  the  temple 
among  the  so-called  wise  men.  The  mean- 
ing of  Jesus  is  to  save,  to  make  whole,  to  complete, 
a  germ  from  the  Highest  to  complete  man  in  the 
image  and  likeness  of  his  Creator.  It  is  a  prin- 
ciple set  as  high  as  God  for  us  to  adore  and  to  wor- 
ship in  our  lives.  We  must  fast  and  pray  to  obtain 
it;  we  must  overthrow  the  rule  of  appetite  and  emo- 
tion, and  erect  the  standard  of  justice  and  law. 
Our  greatest  enemies  are  within,  and  Jesus  can- 
not be  born  even  in  the  manger. 

We  begin  as  truth  seekers  to  know  God,  and 
as  the  mind  unfolds  we  perceive  the  tree  of  knowl- 
edge. Good  and  evil,  old  states  and  conditions 
must  pass  away,  for  the  new  Jerusalem  is  to  come. 
We  begin  our  work  in  the  garden  of  Eden,  and 
find  Adam  means  the  earth;  this  we  cultivate. 
Eve  is  the  receptive  nature  in  man.  Thus  we 
have  two  natures  as  dual  beings,  positive  and 
negative — repulsive  and  attractive.  The  mind  is 
the  God's  greatest  work.  We  deal  exclusively 
with  soul  or  mind.  The  soul  of  man  was  at 
first  conjoined  to  the  soul  of  a  beast,  and  this  is 
where  we  begin  to  reason.  In  our  line  of  thought 
we  go  back  to  primitive  man,  follow  him  up  from 


I  2  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

generation  to  generation,  and  find  him  to-day  only 
partially  formed  and  fashioned  in  the  image  of  his 
Creator.  We  are  to  be  in  time  a  little  lower  than 
the  angels  crowned  with  majesty  and  honor. 

To  go  on  unfolding  the  Japhetic  or  intellectual 
nature  to  the  exclusion  of  the  Shemitic  or  spiritual 
would  prove  disastrous,  and  we  are  now  beginning 
to  hear  the  voice  of  one  crying  in  the  wilderness 
"Make  ready  the  way!"  Jesus  at  an  early  age 
expressed  wisdom.  He  is  the  embodiment  of 
wisdom.  Once,  standing  in  the  door  of  the  car- 
penter's shop  He  watched  a  great  storm  gather 
which  darkened  the  heavens,  and  its  fury  swept 
down  the  valley.  Then-  were  two  houses,  one 
it  took,  for  it  had  been  built  upon  shifting  sand, 
the  other,  which  remained,  He  noticed  had  a  rock 
foundation.  Therefore,  when  He  grew  older,  He 
said  to  the  people  who  followed  Him,  "\Yhoso- 
r  hrareth  these  sayings  of  mine  and  doeth 
them,  1  will  liken  them  unto  a  wise  man,  who  built 
his  house  upon  a  rock:  and  the  winds  blew,  and 
beat  upon  that  house,  and  it  fell  not:  for  it  was 
built  upon  a  rock.  And  every  one  that  heareth 
these  sayings  of  mine  and  doeth  them  not,  shall 
be  likened  unto  a  foolish  man,  who  built  his  house 
upon  the  sand,  when  the  storms  came  this  house 
fell,  and  great  was  the  fall  thereof." 

\Ve  see  that   Jesus  remembered  all  things;    He 
made  use  of  all  things;  He  was  alive  to  all  things; 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  IT 

and  this  is  the  state  that  pleases  God.  We  are 
not  alive  (in  the  spirit)  but  sleeping.  The  earth 
has  overcome  us.  We  must  overcome  the  earth, 
Adam.  We  must  cultivate  the  faculties,  and  they 
will  in  time  bring  about  harmony  and  perfection. 
We  must  not  only  hear  of  His  sayings  but  we 
must  do  them,  or  like  the  man  who  built  his  house 
upon  the  sand,  we  will  fall  far  short  of  what  God 
has  designed.  To  be  a  little  lower  than  the  angels 
requires  us  to  watch  and  pray.  This  we  would 
do  if  we  were  wise,  but  our  wisdom  is  likened  unto 
the  doctors  in  the  temple. 

The  Bible  was  created  by  God  for  the  purpose 
of  holding  us  together  in  what  is  called  spiritual 
things;  we  know  the  Bible  has  done  its  work  in 
this  line.  We  further  know  that  very  many 
minds  have  unfolded  in  the  intellectual  nature  and 
cannot  understand  the  Bible.  This  we  also  rec- 
ognize as  a  natural  state,  and  as  we  called  for 
more  light,  we  have  obtained  it  through  the 
channel  opened  by  Jesus,  who  said:  "I  go  to 
prepare  the  way.  '*  A  small  ray  has  been  per- 
mitted to  shine  across  our  paths  blessing  us,  and 
we  desire  to  extend  the  blessing,  for  we  know  it 
is  more  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive.  We  desire 
to  awaken  an  interest  in  all  who  are  dissatisfied  or 
restless  as  we  were  until" we  found  the  golden 
key  to  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  We  recognize 
the  Bible's  outer  meaning  or  surface  as  the  husk 


14  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

which  the  swine  did  eat,  and  the  interior  or  soul 
of  the  Bible  as  the  manna  sent  from  heaven.  The 
choice  is  ours.  God  has  given  both  freely. 

The  twelve  sons  of  Jacob  represent  active 
agents  at  work  outwardly  (in  the  early  history  of 
man),  but  when  the  mind  has  unfolded  to  perceive 
the  wisdom  of  God  in  delivering  us  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  and  out  of  the  house  of  bondage, 
then  we  read  the  soul  of  the  Bible  and  our  souls 
glorify  God.  We  are  just  commencing  to  learn 
of  spiritual  things,  we  are  at  the  foot  of  the  golden 
ladder;  we  have  become  as  the  little  child;  we 
have  entered  the  straight  and  narrow  path  but 
we  know  it  leads  to  the  eternal  kingdom. 

Man  does  not  yet  know  himself,  hence,  this 
state  that  we  call  unrest.  We  will  go  back  to  the 
time  of  Noah  and  lead  the  mind  into  a  new  chan- 
nel of  thought  (and  yet  it  is  as  old  as  the  world 
itself).  Noah  had  three  sons,  Shem,  Ham  and 
Japhet.  These  three  sons  are  closely  related  to 
us  because  we  receive  their  natures.  Shem  gives 
us  the  nature  we  call  spiritual.  It  was  this  line 
that  brought  forth  David  and  Jesus.  If  we  desire 
to  become  perfect  we  must  unfold  this  nature. 

It  is  worth  all  of  our  time  aud  study  to  please 
God  for  He  tells  us  to  "seek  first  the  highest 
kingdom,  then  all  things  needful  shall  be  added 
unto  us. "  The  Shemitic  nature  is  to  be  un- 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  15 


folded  and  then  we  reach  the  top  of  the  golden 
ladder,  for  heaven  is  a  state  of  consciousness  to 
be  gained  here  and  now,  when  we  know  God. 

Do  you  not  see  great  wisdom  here  displayed? 
God  called  us  long  ago  but  we  were  not  ready 
because  we  could  not  understand  His  laws  conse- 
quently could  not  obey  them.  We  have  been 
held  by  the  signs  and  forms,  parables  and  allego- 
ries, until  our  Japhetic  nature  has  been  developed 
and  we  cry  out  for  more  light  on  our  darkened 
paths.  Peter  denotes  a  rock  and  Jesus  said  the 
church  was  to  be  built  upon  this  rock  which  is 
Reason. 

Peter  stands  ready  with  the  key  to  open 
the  door  into  the  kingdom  when  you  are  pre- 
pared to  call  on  him  through  reason.  It  will 
point  out  to  you  the  true  way  as,  "  I  am  the  vine, 
ye  are  the  branches.  "  It  is  knowledge  that  gives 
us  power  in  all  of  our  undertakings  in  life,  and  we 
put  forth  every  effort  to  obtain  in  the  material 
knowledge  whereby  we  may  add  to  our  resources 
but  here  we  are  in  the  nineteenth  century  often 
confused,  perplexed,  and  annoyed  if  questioned  as 
to  who  is  God. 

This  little  work  is  not  to  create  inharmony,  ex- 
cept as  Paul  said  to  grieve  you  in  a  godly  way. 
Then  let  us  try  to  understand  God  for  He  is  our 
foundation,  the  Rock  of  Reason,  and  we  build 


1 6  THE  KEY  TO  THE   KINGDOM, 

upon  it.  We  find  the  names  given  to  God  are  all 
expressive  of  natures  separate  yet  united.  We 
learn  and  are  familiar  with  God  through  His 
names  first,  and  then  through  His  works  and 
ways  which  denotes  His  nature  in  all  things. 
Thus  it  is  pleasure  and  profit  combined  that  leads 
us  into  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

"  Except  ye  become  as  a  little  child  ye  cannot 
enter  the  kindgom.  "  Why  this  statement  is  true 
is  this  :  The  little  child  nature  is  pleasing  to  God 
for  He  said  "let  the  little  ones  come  unto  me  and 
forbid  them  not.  "  The  little  child  nature  is  not 
full  of  pride,  selfishness,  passion  or  notions  that 
holds  its  mind  in  pervesity.  It  is  the  nature  that 
wants  to  know,  to  learn,  to  be  taught,  to  be 
guided,  directed  and  ruled,  as  is  given  by  the 
meanings  of  law. 

Except  ye  are  born  from  above  ye  cannot  enter 
into  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Why  is  this  true  ? 
To  be  born  from  above  means  to  know,  for  above 
means  the  head,  and  we  cannot  know  except  as 
the  faculties  are  developed  which  bring  about  a 
perfect  mind. 

We  must  recognize  God  in  creation,  for  all  is 
His  handiwork.  The  mind  of  man  being  His 
greatest  work,  it  has  necessarily  taken  longer  for 
us  to  reach  the  truth  in  this  line  of  thought  than 
in  the  Japhetic  line.  It  has  taken  thousands  of 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  17 

years,  or  since  the  beginning,  to  prepare  us  for 
the  Light  of  the  Logos  or  Word  which  was  at  first 
shown  in  man  by  his  ability  to  think  and  then  to 
make  known  his  thoughts  in  words,  as  the  mean- 
ing of  the  Word  or  Logos  is  to  number  and  order. 
As  we  see  it  declared  in  all  of  the  different  forms 
of  the  universe,  every  thing  in  its  kind,  from  the 
lowest  to  the  highest  state,  each  perfected  in  its 
order,  so  do  we  recognize  the  necessary  means 
or  method  whereby  man's  mind  was  to  be  brought 
up  into  a  state  of  knowing  its  Creator  and  giving 
Him  the  praise  and  the  glory  that  we  often  give 
to  man. 

The  serpent  was  more  subtle  than  anything 
God  had  made.  The  meaning  of  the  word  (to  be 
naked)  proves  the  unadorned  state  of  the  mind. 
As  we  represent  this  nature  it  will  be  readily  seen 
that  it  is  God's  opponent,  for  it  is  evil,  or  unfin- 
ished, imperfect,  while  God  is  perfection.  This  low 
state  represented  by  the  serpent  is  our  greatest 
enemy  and  requires  all  of  our  wisdom  and  power 
to  subdue  and  bring  it  under  control.  It  will  be 
necessary  to  study  the  nature  of  God  to  become 
familiar  with  the  working  of  His  divine  plan  and 
to  perceive  the  truth  in  all  things.  This  requires 
an  effort  on  our  part,  and,  if  we  read  the  Bible 
aright,  we  will  find  that  God  has  made  provision 
for  this  state  of  transition  from  lower  to  higher 
things.  (We  care  not  for  the  murmur  of  the  mul- 


l8  THE  KEY  TO  THK  KINGDOM, 

titude  should  they  be  pleased  to  say  we  are  wrong.) 
The  God  that  we  worship  in  spirit  and  in  truth  is 
the  true  and  living  God. 

When  the  earnest  seeker  finds  the  truth  in 
relation  to  the  Deity  it  will  have  erased  from  his  or 
her  mind  a  personal  God,  for  these  names  (new 
to  us)  Elohim,  Jehov;ih,  and  Klshida  do  the  work 
of  establishing  our  minds  as  they  could  not  other- 
wise be  established,  hence,  we  overcome  a  part 
of  the  serpent  in  our  nature  through  a  desire  to 
learn  of  Him  who  knowing  of  the  desire  has 
given  us  the  low  nature  represented  by  the  ser- 
pent to  overcome,  and  we  obey  the-  law  which 
liberates  us  from  the  enemy.  Adam  and  Eve 
represent  the  positive  and  negative,  creative  and 
receptive  powers  of  the  mind.  As  we  advance 
in  this  new  line  of  thought  we  find  all  things  made 
clear  to  the  mind  for  it  is  seeking  and  finding  the 
truth  which  sets  it  free  from  doubt  and  fear.  Then, 
full  of  faith,  we  go  forth  to  do  His  biddin 
we  realize  the  Master  has  come  and  know  that 
the  conqueror,  truth,  reveals  all  things,  that  man 
is  not  yet  ashamed  of  his  nakedness,  is  still 
apparent.  It  is  his  ignorance,  animalism,  selfish- 
ness, immaturity,  and  imperfections  that  still  hold 
him  from  a  consciousness  of  his  Creator.  He  is 
immured  in  matter,  (the  garden  of  earthly  delight,) 
and  he  does  not  yet  reason  that  these  pleasures 
are  not  to  last;  he  is  simple  and  ignorant  as  yet. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  19 

This  state,  which  we  recognize  as  death,  is  to  be 
overcome  by  experience  as  the  ripened  fruit  of 
our  search  for  spiritual  things.  We  know  God 
gave  his  only  begotten  Son  to  save  humanity  and 
read  the  method  whereby  this  state  called  Son  is 
to  be  brought  into  our  lives.  The  meaning  of 
Son  is  one  perfected,  one  made  whole,  one  in 
whom  all  of  the  faculties  have  been  developed  or 
rounded  out,  a  perfect  mind.  This  state  pleases 
God  and  this  is  why  He  sent  His  Son  that  we  in 
time  may  be  the  many  brethren,  Christ  the  first. 
We  are  to  follow  in  His  footsteps.  By  overcoming 
or  resisting  in  the  physical  we  gain  strength,  so 
in  the  mental,  if  we  overcome  we  must  expect  a 
reward.  The  great  difficulty  at  first  is  to  watch 
and  pray  that  we  may  not  send  forth  one  thought 
in  the  wrong  direction,  for  the  serpent  is  ever 
ready  to  allure  us  until  we  have  become  strong  in 
our  determination  for  spiritual  things.  We  must 
bear  in  mind  that  God  is  the  ruler  of  a  world  of 
intelligence,  and  when  we  direct  our  thoughts  to 
Him  through  His  angelic  ministers  we  will  be 
prepared  to  receive  an  answer  from  Him.  But 
we  must  turn  from  the  old  and  enter  the  new  way 
of  thinking  and  doing,  i.e.  first  to  know  God 
through  his  works  and  ways  in  creation.  Although 
it  is  a  pleasure,  there  are  many  temptations,  for 
we  are  very  apt  to  follow  Japhet  instead  of  Shem 
in  our  studies.  The  Will  is  the  faculty  represented 


2O  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

by  Asher,  which  means  to  guide,  to  direct,  to  be 
firm,  to  go  forward,  to  prosper,  to  succeed.  In 
the  Scriptures  we  find  the  will  used  synonymously 
with  life  and  soul,  thus  indicating  as  man  thinketh 
so  is  he;  or  as  he  wishes  so  is  he  drawn  toward 
the  same  nature  outwardly.  Man  is  a  dual  being, 
and  having  in  his  nature  the  two  opposites  he  is 
subject  to  captivity,  until  he  is  established  in 
spiritual  things.  The  Bible  contains  a  mine  ,of 
wealth.  If  we  are  not  satisfied  or  nourished  by 
its  outward  meaning,  remember  the  pure  gold  is 
hidden  in  the  etymology  of  the  Hebrew  and 
Greek. 

We   'have    been  growing  toward  this  state  of 
wanting    to    know    God  from    the  very  first.     It 
could  not  present  itself  to  us  in  thought  and  deed 
before  but  it  now  appeals  to  our  reason  and 
are  not  afraid  to  speak  for  the  truth  sustains  us. 

God  would  not  leave  us  in  the  wilderness. 
Joshua  (the  same  meaning  as  Jesus)  is  selected  to 
lead  the  chiklrenlof  Israel  across  the  Jordan  into 
Canaan. 

The  children  I  of  Israel  are  those  who  desire  the 
pure  gold.  Crossing  the  Jordan  means  that  we 
leave  or  pass  away  from  the  lower  nature  and 
then  we  are  prepared  to  enter  the  promised  land 
— the  understanding  of  law  and  obedience  to 
truth. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  21 

We  are  told  that  Joshua  commanded  the  sun 
and  moon  to  stand  still.  This  is  necessary  in  our 
work.  If  we  would  conquer  our  enemies  we  must 
do  what  Joshua  did,  only  he  represents  the  out- 
ward working  of  a  law,  and  we  learn  to  know  in 
our  natures  of  the  warlike  tribes,  Philistines,  Amo- 
rites,  Jebusites,  Moabites,  Hivites,  etc.,  and  that 
these  tribes  are  ruling  us.  If  we  would  cross  the 
Jordan,  we  must  put  them  to  flight.  If  we  would 
progress,  we  must  conquer  the  enemies. 

The  sun  is  the  outward  sign  or  form  of  our 
soul.  As  the  moon  shines  by  reflected  light  we 
find  it  represents  the  intellect,  and  knowing  the 
soul  is  the  source  and  center  of  life  and  light  to 
our  little  world,  we  realize  the  command  given  by 
Joshua,  "Sun,  stand  thou  still  on  Gibeon,  and  thou 
moon  in  the  valley  of  Ajalon!"  for  we  understand 
the  truth  of  this  statement.  We  know  the  intel- 
lect often  holds  us,  and  we  must  cry  out  to  be 
delivered.  When  the  Jesus  principle  has  been 
established  there  will  be  no  more  contention  and 
doubt;  but  while  the  five  senses  hold  us  the  five 
kings,  Joshua  cannot  deliver  us,  and  he  com- 
mands the  sun  and  moon  to  stand  still. 

When  mental  order  is  brought  about,  the  mind 
represents  as  do  the  heavens  a  pleasure  to  behold. 
In  Judah  is  God  known;  "His  name  is  great  in 
Israel."  Judah  means  faith,  and  when  we  develop 
this  faculty  to  glorify  God,  Israel  will  lead  us  into 


22  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

heaven  or  Salem,  where  the  tabernacle  is.  The 
meaning  of  Salem  is  complete,  made  perfect  and 
whole.  This  is  also  a  state  to  be  reached  in  our 
unfoldment. 

David  means  one  beloved  of  the  Lord,  and  the 
psalms  that  he  gave  from  the  fullness  of  his  soul 
have  held  us  and  sustained  us  as  food;  but  we 
must  awaken  to  a  consciousness  as  did  David,  and 
represent  the  same  state;  then  we  too  will  be 
beloved  of  the  Lord. 

God  is  no  respecter  of  persons.  He  would  not 
have  sent  His  only  beloved  Son  unless  He  knew 
we  could  gain  the  same  state  that  He  represented 
as  being  one  with  Him.  He  opened  the  way  for 
us  to  follow  in  the  direct  path  straight  and  narrow, 
for  it  leads  us  unto  eternal  life. 

"What  does  it  profit  a  man  if  he  gain  the  whole 
world  and  lose  his  own  soul?"  Our  souls  must  be 
saved,  and  xvhen  we  turn  from  the  old  way  of 
reading  the  Scriptures  and  enter  the  new,  then 
we  realize  the  growth  as  never  before,  because 
we  are  dealing  with  axioms. 

Let  us  not  grow  faint-hearted,  for  all  souls  are 
to  be  saved.  We  desire  to  prove  that  now  is  the 
accepted  time.  We  are  told  in  Gen.  9:  27,  Japhet 
should  be  enlarged  and  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Shem, 
proving  that  the  Japhetic  nature  in  time  would 
seek  the  spiritual  or  Shemitic;  but  Canaan  was  to 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  23 

be  the  servant  of  servants,  proving  the  Hamitic 
nature  to  be  the  lowest;  and  our  time  is  wasted 
when  we  develop  Ham  to  the  exclusion  of  Shem. 
Thus  it  is  that  we  find  the  Shemitic  nature  to  be 
the  one  that  God  called  us  to  unfold  first. 

We  read  that  Cain  killed  Abel.  Abel  rep- 
resents the  higher  spiritual  nature  of  man,  and 
Cain  means  anger,  passion,  jealousy.  This  is  the 
nature  that  kills  Abel — a  breath  or  spirit.  When- 
ever a  higher  inspiration  or  desire  is  not  actualized, 
because  of  some  ruling,  earthly,  selfish  passion 
or  ambition,  then  it  is  that  Abel  cries  from  the 
earth  to  God  for  vengeance  that  is  sure  to  come. 

And  so  we  find  in  all  the  books  of  the  Bible  (for 
it  is  the  history  of  the  human  soul),  and  in  each 
person  a  state  or  condition  reached  in  or  to  be,  as 
states  we  must  pass  through  before  the  Sabbath 
day  or  state  of  peace  comes,  which  Sabbath 
denotes. 

There  are  many  mansions  prepared  for  us  in 
our  Father's  house.  According  to  our  stage  of 
soul  growth,  will  we  find  the  mansion  that  we 
may  enter;  but  bear  in  mind,  progression  is  the 
law,  and  we  are  constantly  learning  in  higher 
things.  By  obeying  His  laws  and  precepts,  by 
having  proper  respect  for  all  His  agencies,  we 
know  that  God  is  pleased  with  us. 

We  do  not  find  fault  with  anything  that  tends 
to  unfold  the  mind,  because  God  operates  in  this 


24  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

way  to  reach  us.  Even  miracles  have  been  used 
in  developing  the  mind,  and  we  will  give  a  few 
instances  where  miracles  have  been  performed. 
(We  quote  from  a  writer  whp  has  no  belief  in 
theology.)  In  speaking  of  miracles,  he  says  he 
might  write  a  book  of  miracles  were  he  to  relate 
the  hundredth  part  of  all  that  takes  place  every 
year,  nay,  every  day,  in  Italy — Bohn's  "Rome  in 
the  Nineteenth  Century,"  edition  of  1852.  In  the 
second  volume,  beginning  at  page  226,  there  is 
an  account  of  some  Roman  miracles;  within  one 
month  three  great  miracles  happened  in  Rome. 
An  image  of  the  Virgin  opened  her  eyes.  She 
was  carried  away,  and  certain  priests  who  were 
supposed  to  have  been  in  her  confidence  on  this 
occasion  were  shut  up  in  prison.  A  Madonna 
spoke  to  an  old  washerwoman  to  whom  she  im- 
parted her  discontent  at  being  so  much  neglected, 
and  her  chapel  left  in  such  a  ruinous  and  dirty 
condition,  while  so  many  other  Madonnas,  no 
better  than  she,  had  theirs  made  as  fine  as  hands 
could  make  them.  This  news  spread  like  wild- 
fire, and  thousands  may  be  seen  every  day  crowd- 
ing to  this  little  oid  chapel  about  four  in  the  after- 
noon, the  hour  at  which  the  Virgin  addressed  the 
washerwoman,  not  only  the  lower  class  of  people, 
but  crowds  of  well  dressed  people  and  handsome 
equipages  of  all  sorts.  The  throng  is  daily,  and 
presents  the  appearance  of  a  fair.  A  chair  at  the 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  25 

corner  of  every  street  which  leads  to  the  chapel 
has  a  white  cloth  spread  over  it  with  a  picture  of 
4  the  Madonna,  and  a  plate  is  awaiting  your  dona- 
tion to  beautify  her  chapel.  The  luck  that  has 
come  to  this  Madonna  for  opening  her  mouth  has 
caused  disgrace  to  fall  upon  the  others,  and  some 
have  gone  so  far  as  to  say  this  Madonna  was  born 
with  a  silver  spoon  in  her  mouth.  As  if  one 
Madonna  scorned  to  be  outdone  by  another,  there  is 
an  old,  dirty,  cobweby  Virgin  in  the  Pantheon  which 
has  lately  begun  to  work  miracles,  and  has  drawn 
such  crowds  to  her  shrine  that  an  unhappy  stranger 
can  scarcely  get  in  to  seethe  building.  Italy  seems 
always  to  have  been  the  land  of  superstition,  and 
the  pagan  miracles  that  are  upon  record  at  least 
equal  the  Roman  Catholic,  both  in  number  and 
absurdity.  Every  page  of  Livy  and  Plutarch 
abounds  with  them.  Not  a  year  ever  passed  with- 
out two  or  three  oxen  speaking,  though  we  nevef 
hear  any  of  their  sayings.  Now  even  a  Madonna 
but  rarely  makes  use  of  her  tongue,  and  oxen 
have  entirely  given  up  talking.  However,  it  is  a 
different  thing  hearing  nonsense  that  was  credited 
years  ago,  and  seeing  it  before  one's  eyes;  and 
when  I  behold  crowds  flocking  to  kneel  before 
these  talking  and  winking  Madonnas,  I  cannot 
help  asking  myself  if  this  is  really  the  nineteenth 
century?"  This  writer  goes  on  to  state  in  the 
month  of  February,  1858,,  the  Virgin  Mary 


26  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

appeared  at  Lourdes  to  a  little  peasant  girl  who 
could  neither  read  nor  write.  She  was  sent  to 
gather  brushwood  for  fuel,  for  her  parents  were 
very  poor.  She  kneeled  to  pray  at  the  grotto  of 
Massabielle,  and  all  at  once  the  Virgin  Mary 
manifested  herself  to  her,  and  within  fifteen  days 
there  were  as  many  as  five  thousand  spectators 
present  in  the  morning  when  this  little  girl  (Bern- 
adette  Soubirous)  came  to  interview  the  Virgin. 
No  one  ever  saw  the  Virgin  except  Bernadette. 
Where  there  were  no  signs  of  water  before,  a 
spring  of  pure  clear  water  came  gurgling  forth, 
pouring  out  a  hundred  thousand  litres  a  day. 
Then  the  spring  drew  thousands  upon  thousands 
of  pilgrims  every  year.  Millions  of  money  have 
been  spent  there  by  the  pilgrims.  The  miraculous 
water  is  bottled  and  sent  all  over  Europe,  where- 
ever  there  are  Roman  Catholics.  The  church  has 
bought  all  the  property  in  sight  for  miles  about 
Lourdes,  and  it  has  been  improved  and  made  very 
attractive.  A  large  handsome  church,  costing 
two  millions  of  francs,  has  been  built  from  the 
contributions  of  pilgrims,  and  the  miracle  business 
is  in  a  most  flourishing  condition  there  now.  In 
September,  1877,  the  miracles  of  one  pilgrimage 
which  began  in  August  is  given.  There  were 
about  twelve  hundred  pilgrims  upon  two  railway 
trains,  one  following  immediately  behind  the  other. 
Twenty-four  were  healed;  the  lame,  blind  and  deaf 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  27 

were  cured,  and  their  names  given.  The  number 
of  pilgrims  who  arrived  at  Lourdes  during  the 
week  ending  Sept.  22,  1877,  according  to  the 
"Palerin"  (newspaper)  of  that  week,  was  five 
thousand  six  hundred  and  five.  The  writer  further 
adds  it  is  the  believers  who  make  the  miracles, 
and  not  the  miracles  that  make  the  believers. 
Miracles  are  always  possible  wherever  the  people 
are  sufficiently  ignorant  and  superstitious.  The 
first  condition  for  the  happening  of  a  miracle  is 
the  existence  of  believers. 

The  Protestant  church,  which  embraces  the 
most  intelligent  portion  of  mankind,  says  there 
has  been  no  miracle  in  the  world  since  the  time 
of  Jesus.  Centuries  ago  miracles  were  abundant, 
because  people  were  ignorant  and  could  be  made 
to  believe  in  them,  but  nowadays  miracles  are 
generally  out  of  style.  We  would  not  quote  from 
this  writer  unless  it  were  to  take  a  lesson  from 
witchcraft  and  miracles,  as  we  do  from  all  things 
which  tend  to  hold  the  mind  and  impress  us  with 
wonder  workings. 

It  is  the  manner  in  which  we  see,  or  take  from 
any  or  all  things  that  are  sent  to  open  our  eyes, 
or  the  blind  state.  Remembering  that  we  were 
once  dumb,  it  is  not  at  all  strange  to  us  that  God 
has  prepared  ways  and  means  to  operate  upon 
the  dumb  state  or  beast  that  often  holds  us  in  the 
earth. 


28  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

The  plan  for  our  salvation  is  the  one  that  we 
know  the  least  about;  and  yet  we  think  that  the 
name  Christian  is  sufficient  to  cover  our  multitude 
of  sins.  Do  we  not  see  in  the  churches  people 
who  are  as  ignorant  of  God  and  His  laws  as  we 
find  outside  the  church? 

God  abominates  ignorance.  It  is  darkness,  the 
opposite  to  God  who  is  light. 

Were  we  not  made  to  see  these  things  we 
could  not  enter  the  vineyard  to  do  our  work. 
But  when  we  cast  our  eyes  over  the  world  an 
on  every  hand  distress.  Rich  and  poor  are  here 
alike,  for  God  is  the  Maker  of  all.  Then  it  creates 
in  our  mind  activity,  motion;  the  power  of  God 
enters  into  us,  and  we  must  tell  the  truth. 

There  is  a  way  unto  salvation,  but  it  will  not 
come  to  us;  we  must  seek  it.  Then  we  hear  the 
words,  "hide  not  your  light  under  a  bushel,  etc.," 
and  we  will  try  to  reach  one  soul,  for  we  know- 
there  is  more  rejoicing  over  one  sinner  who 
repenteth  than  over  the  ninety  and  nine  just  ones- 

What  does  repentance  consist  of?  We  must 
understand  that  we  are  doing  a  wrong  before  we 
can  repent.  While  we  are  satisfied  with  our  state 
we  cannot  repent,  because  we  do  not  know  that 
we  are  wrong  in  being  held  by  other  minds  besides 
our  own.  We  are  wrong — other  minds  cannot 
repent  lor  us,  other  minds  cannot  expand  for  us, 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  29 

other  minds  cannot  atone  for  us.  God  calls  us 
to  Him,  "All  who  are  weary  come  unto  me." 
Perhaps  you  have  not  thought  it  was  you;  you  may 
think  if  you  are  in  the  church  it  means  the  church, 
or  the  way  to  Him  is  through  the  church.  If  you 
are  yet  helpless,  it  may  be  that  you  cannot  depend 
upon  yourself,  but  do  you  ask  the  church  to  sup- 
ply you  with  material  food,  or  do  you  expect  that 
your  bills  will  be  paid  by  or  through  the  church? 

Remember  we  are  only  reasoning  now,  to- 
gether. Jesus  called  the  twelve  on  the  mount 
and  this  is  what  we  desire  to  do.  The  mount  is 
a  state  for  us  to  reach  in  the  enfoldment  of  the 
mind,  where  we  can  reason  with  our  disciples  (or 
faculties)  and  here  we  find  a  Godly  work  to  per- 
form because  Jesus  opened  the  way  and  whatever 
He  has  done  we  may  do.  Therefore  you  see  we 
are  only  trying  to  draw  you  up  higher,  and  again, 
as  Paul  said,  If  we  confuse  or  annoy  you  let  it  be 
for  a  time  only,  because  if  you  are  capable  of 
reasoning  for  yourself  you  will  find  God  within. 
"Ask  what  ye  will  in  my  name  that  will  I  give 
unto  you.  " 

Then  if  your  mind  is  ruffled  because  you  are  in 
the  church  and  cannot  see  the  wisdom  of  God  in 
all  things,  stir  up  the  soil  in  your  nature  and  per- 
haps you  will  find  yourself  growing.  When  in 
time  you  weigh  the  words  of  Him  who  prepared 
the  way  unto  salvation  and  you  will  find 


3O  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

your  mind  stronger  because  you  are  doing  the 
work  for  yourself,  whereas  formally  you  had  it 
done  for  you. 

On  the  same  principle  do  we  find  the  physical 
supplies  us  with  strength.  Use  all  of  your 
powers.  We  cannot  afford  to  slumber  or  sleep 
away  this  life.  God  is  activity,  motion;  we  must 
take  hold  to  live.  "  Man  does  not  live  by  bread 
alone,  but  by  every  word  which  proceedeth  out  of 
the  mouth  of  God.  " 

Here  you  may  see  that  a  mind  prepared  to 
draw  from  the-  fountain  head  does  not  live  on  the 
husk.  The  true  bread  of  life  is  in  your  soul;  you 
must  put  forth  the  energy  that  God  has  given  to 
you  and  be  guided  by  Him  who  tells  you  to  ask 
what  ye  will  in  His  name. 

Then  you  will  grow  and  the  tree  of  life  will 
flourish  because  the  roots  have  touched  the  living 
spring.  It  is  hard  to  part  with  old  friends,  but 
harder  to  separate  ourselves  from  notions  or  ideas 
that  have  rooted  themselves  into  our  very  lives. 
If  we  watch  and  pray  (when  once  we  desire  to 
repent),  then  the  angels  will  assist  us  and  the 
battle  is  won.  Then  said  he  unto  me:  "Fear  not 
Daniel;  (judgment)  for  from  the  first  day  that  thou 
didst  set  thine  heart  to  understand,  and  to  chasten 
thyself  before  thy  God,  thy  words  were  heard  and 
I  am  come  for  thy  words.  "  You  see  an  angel 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  31 

comforts  Daniel,  and  although  he  was  in  the  lions' 
den,  the  beasts  did  not  devour  him.  Judgment 
will  always  sustain  you  when  God  is  the  judge. 

What  greater  miracle  than  this  can  we  ask,  for 
we  read  that  Nebuchadnezzar,  King  of  Babylon, 
sent  for  Daniel  and  found  him  in  matters  of 
wisdom  and  understanding  ten  times  better  than 
all  the  magicians  and  astrologers  that  were  in  all 
his  realm. 

But  the  king  was  not  at  first  ready  to  have 
Daniel  brought  to  him.  The  magicians 
satisfied  him.  The  time  came  that  he  had  to  call 
upon  Daniel,  and  so  it  may  be  in  our  lives;  we 
may  not  be  quite  ready  to  have  judgment  passed 
upon  us.  Have  we  yet  called  upon  Daniel 
(judgment)  ?  You  see  the  Bible  is  the  history  of 
our  souls,  and  we  cannot  afford  to  lose  time  in 
conjecture  with  the  magicians — we  want  the 
truth. 

We  know  that  He  numbers  and  orders  accord- 
ing to  grade.  Perhaps  in  this  way  you  may  find 
the  grade  to  which  you  belong,  and  as  you  learn 
of  the  method  whereby  God  calls  us  higher,  you 
too  will  call  upon  His  name  and  receive  what  you 
ask  for,  provided  you  do  not  ask  amiss. 

Satan  himself  is  transformed  into  an  angel  of 
light.  When  we  use  judgment,  then  it  is  that 
Satan  is  changed  from  evil  to  good.  (Evil  and 
good  are  the  same  in  the  etymology  of  the 


32  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

Hebrew).  Thus  we  know  that  man  ought  always 
to  pray  that  the  mind  may  be  established  in  that 
which  is  good.  We  do  not  coerce — our  work 
does  not  admit  of  it.  We  say  stand  by  thyself; 
with  God  to  guide  thee,  there  is  no  ill  that  can 
betide  thee. 

A  writer  has  declared  that  truth  should  be 
shouted  from  the  housetops;  but  are  we  as  yet 
ready  to  receive  it  from  the  pages  of  a  quiet  little 
book?  We  know  in  time  all  will  see  face  to  face 
because  it  is  written  in  our  history,  i  John  iv. 
We  find  those  who  speak  of  the  world  are  in  the 
world;  it  is  the  world  who  heareth.  We  are  of 
God;  he  that  knoweth  God  heareth  us;  he  that  is 
not  of  God  heareth  not  us.  Hereby  know  we  the 
spirit  of  truth,  and  the  spirit  of  error.  He  that 
loveth  not,  knoweth  not  God;  for  God  is  love.  If 
we  love  one  another,  God  dwelleth  in  us,  and  His 
love  is  perfected  in  us.  Whosoever  shall  confess 
that  Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God,  God  dwelleth  in  him 
and  he  in  God. 

We  have  no  fear,  for  perfect  love  casteth  out 
fear.  We  love  the  human  family  as  a  whole  and 
desire  to  do  His  will,  for  it  is  He  who  hath  sent 
us  to  bind  as  frontlets  before  the  eyes  His  com- 
mandments. The  first  commandment  we  do  not 
obey.  Deut.  xxxii:i-4  :  "  Give  ear,  O  ye  heavens 
and  I  will  speak :  and  hear,  O  earth,  the  words  of 
my  mouth.  He  is  the  Rock,  his  work  is  perfect : 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  33 

for  all  his  ways  are  judgment:  a  God  of  truth  and 
without  iniquity,  just  and  right  is  he.  He  kept 
Jacob  as  the  apple  of  his  eye  after  he  found  him 
in  the  wilderness  or  desert  land.  The  Lord  led 
Jacob,  but  he  tells  us  it  was  him  alone  who  led 
him,  there  was  no  strange  gods  with  him.  .  Then 
Jacob  was  fed  with  honey  from  the  rock  and  the 
pure  blood  of  the  grape.  " 

Jeshurun  forsook  God  who  made  him  and 
lightly  esteemed  the  Rock  of  salvation.  This 
state  did  not  please  God  and  He  said:  "I  will 
hide  my  face  from  thee  Jeshurun  and  see  what 
your  end  shall  be."  For  the  nation  was  void  of 
counsel,  neither  was  there  any  understanding  in 
them.  Their  vine  is  of  the  vine  of  Sodom,  and  of 
the  fields  of  Gomorrah;  their  grapes  are  grapes  of 
gall,  their  clusters  are  bitter.  Their  wine  is  the 
poison  of  dragons,  and  the  cruel  venom  of  asps. 

Is  not  this  laid  up  in  store  with  me,  and  sealed 
up  among  my  treasures?  To  me  belongeth  ven- 
geance and  recompense.  Their  foot  shall  slide 
in  due  season;  for  the  day  of  their  calamity  is  at 
hand,  and  the  things  that  come  upon  them,  make 
haste. 

"For  the  Lord  shall  judge  his  people,  and  he 
shall  say,  where  is  their  rock  in  whom  they 
trusted  ?  where  are  their  gods?  I  kill,  and  I  make 
alive;  I  wound  and  I  heal.  See  now  that  I,  even 


34  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

I,  am  he,  and  there  is  no  god  with  me.  For  I  lift 
up  my  hand  to  heaven,  and  say  I  live  forever.  If 
I  whet  my  sword  I  take  hold  on  judgment. " 

We  are  told  to  set  our  hearts  unto  all  the 
words  that  Moses  gave  to  us,  for  they  are  not 
vain.  They  are  our  life  and  our  days  shall  be 
prolonged  in  the  land  whither  we  go  to  possess. 
We  must  cross  the  Jordan  to  the  land  here 
promised,  and  find  that  all  our  sins  are  forgiven, 
even  though  they  be  as  scarlet,  it  we  are  baptized 
through  Mis  word  which  is  law. 

Therefore  we  must  obey  the  law  in  all  things, 
There  are  mediums  in  our  midst  who  are  doing 
the  work  for  some  minds,  or  what  witchcraft  and 
magic  has  done  for  others,  but  we  have  developed 
Daniel  and  find  that  we  belong  to  the  tribe  of 
Israel  and  cannot  serve  false  gods.  We  know 
that  (iod  is  light  and  we  reason  in  this  way:  If 
God  sent  1  lisonly  begotten  Son  to  save  humanity 
and  then  gave  us  the  Bible  as  the  history  of  the 
race,  we  should  he  willing  as  Jacob  was  to  be  led 
out  of  the  wilderness,  and  then  we  are  fed  upon 
the  honey  and  blood  of  the  grape,  for  we  recog- 
nize God  as  all  powerful,  and  because  we  have  no 
false  gods  to  take  from  the  true  and  living  God, 
He  gives  us  judgment  and  we  can  discern  the 
truth. 

By  the  breaking  of  the  Bread  of  Life  the  whole 
multitude  are  fed.  The  thoughts  are  here  repre- 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH. 


35 


sented  as  the  multitude,  and  you  may  see  God's 
wisdom  in  holding  your  mind  by  loaves  and  fishes 
until  you  are  ready  to  leave  the  false  gods  that 
now  hold  you.  As  Paul  said  if  the  epistle  grieved 
you  to  godliness  it  has  done  its  work,  for  this  is 
His  plan  to  lead  us  to  salvation.  Truth  is  stranger 
than  fiction  and  the  beauties  of  creation  are 
on  every  hand  were  it  not  for  our  cold-hearted 
selfishness  we  need  not  take  our  flight  in  winter, 
but  obey  His  laws  and  live.  Law  is  the  manifes- 
tation of  the  power  of  God  through  forms.  Mind 
is  the  product  of  soul-power  made  known  through 
the  faculties,  and  by  its  highest  use  we  become 
united  in  consciousness  with  that  Supreme  Being 
whom  law  points  out,  and  by  whose  instrumentali- 
ties we  are  forever  and  forever  to  be  led  and 
ruled.  The  command  to  love  the  Lord  thy  God 
with  all  thy  heart,  mind,  might  and  strength,  and 
thy  neighbor  as  thyself,  has  not  been  understood, 
consequently,  we  could  not  live  up  to  it.  It  is  to 
have  no  life  but  in  the  knowledge  of  the  laws  of 
God,  obedience  to  them,  and  the  giving  of  all  that 
one  has  or  is,  that  the  brothers' s  soul  may  be  un- 
folded. Since  creation's  dawn  upon  this  planet, 
there  has  been  but  One  who  obeyed  the  law,  but 
we  would  not  feel  satisfied  with  our  life  work  un- 
less we  saw  a  tending  toward  this  state,  for  we 
know  what  has  been  done  by  One,  even  the  Son 


36  TIII-:  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

of  God,  may  be  done  by  all.      He  was  the  first  of 
many  brethren  yet  to  be. 

We  become  interested  in  all  souls  who  are 
searching  for  the  truth.  Patience  and  persever- 
ance overcome  all  difficulties;  it  requires  these 
two  requisites  in  our  nature.  If  we  would  suc- 
ceed lay  aside  all  that  conflicts,  or  those  ideas  or 
notions  that  have  held  your  mind  from  His  pres- 
ence, (i  Cor.  1-29).  Let  us  determine  (as  did 
Paul)  not  to  know  anything  among  us,  save  Jesus 
Christ  and  him  crucified.  It  we  want  to  demon- 
strate the  spirit  of  power  our  faith  cannot  be  in 
men,  but  in  the  power  of  God.  \Ve  are  told  and 

hly  realize  the  hidden  wisdom  which  God  or- 
dained before  the1  world.  This  it  is  that  he  de- 
sires us  to  possess.  He  tells  us  had  we  known  it 
Jesus  would  not  have  been  cruciried  for  He  was 
the  Lord  of  Glory.  Again  He  tells  us,  "  Kye 
hath  not  seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  have  en- 
tered into  the  heart  of  man  the  things  which  God 
hath  prepared  for  them  that  love  him.  "  But  God 
hath  revealed  them  unto  us  by  His  Spirit;  for  the 
Spirit  searcheth  all  things,  yea,  the  deep  things  of 
God. 

God  works  upon  the  mind  of  man,  building  it 
higher  and  still  higher  that  he  may  commune  with 
his  Maker  in  spirit  and  in  truth,  for  the  mind  in 
time  becomes  established  and  it  knows  God  and 
how  the  desire  or  prayer  is  to  be  answered  for  it 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  37 

is  sent  direct  to  Him  who  has  prepared  the  way. 
This  is  soul  communion.  We  are  not  in  a  state 
to  commune  with  God  through  His  angelic  mes- 
sengers, until  we  are  ready  to  take  up  our  cross 
and  follow  Him.  The  faculty  represented  by 
Benjamin  must  be  developed  for  we  cannot  un- 
derstand our  Father's  plan  until  we  have  brought 
forth  conscientiousness. 

As  Benoni  was  born  into  the  world  through 
great  suffering  and  pain,  so  through  the  labor  and 
travail  of  the  soul  is  this  faculty  evolved  which 
condemns  us  for  ignorance  and  imperfection. 
Then  through  contrition  and  repentance  we  are 
brought  into  submission  to  a  higher  law  of  thought 
and  action.  On  the  same  principle  is  it  that  we 
cultivate  the  soil;  we  must  plough  deep  and  har- 
row well  to  reap  a  bountiful  harvest,  (all  things 
being  equal.)  So  do  we  find  some  souls  more  ad- 
vanced or  cultivated  than  others,  and  these  prin- 
ciples being  offered  to  such  a  soul  (one  prepared) 
proves  the  seed  has  fallen  upon  good  ground  as 
in  the  parable.  It  is  the  eye  that  sees  and  the 
ear  that  hears  that  benefits  by  the  inner  meaning 
or  soul  of  the  Bible.  We  are  told  that  Mary 
brought  forth  Jesus  and  she  knew  not  man.  Was 
it  a  miracle  ?  If  so,  can  it  be  explained  ?  We 
will  give  you  the  true  meaning  of  Mary.  The 
Virgin  Mary  represents  the  female,  receptive 
state  which  was  first  personified  in  Eve,  and 


through  which  all  higher  mental  power  has  come, 
when  it  has  been  impregnated  with  germs  from 
unseen  realms  above.  A  virgin  signifies  that 
which  has  been  set  apart,  consecrated  to  a  special 
purpose.  Mary  denotes  fullness  and  rebellion. 
We  know  the  state  that  brings  forth  Jesus  Christ 
is  a  state  in  the  soul  which  rebels  at  the  rule  of 
symbols  and  signs  and  refuses  all  states  or  condi- 
tions which  are  ruling  the  earth  to-day  through 
physical,  intellectual  and  moral  unfoldment  as  we 
find  religious  or  secular  things  given  or  dissemi- 
nated to  the  people  through  the  churches.  Mars- 
rebels  and  the  Holy  Ghost  comes  upon  this  state 
of  the  soul,  the  power  of  the  Most  High  over- 
shadows this  state  and  the  Son  of  God  is  brought 
forth  that  which  is  holy  and  good.  Joseph,  the 
husband  of  Mary,  represents,  as  his  name  indi- 
cates, the  masculine  positive,  organizing  construc- 
tive power  of  the  human  soul.  This  state  of 
mind  does  not  know,  cannot  understand  that 
interior  receptive  condition  which  Mary  personi- 
fies. We  are  through  with  the  signs  and  forms 
or  else  we  could  not  understand  the  mission  of 
Jesus  the  Christ.  Christ  declared  to  Nicodemus 
that  until  other  souls  had  been  begotten  and  born 
from  above  (which  is  the  mind  unfolded  that  it 
may  know  and  understand  spiritual  things)  we 
could  not  apprehend  the  laws  of  the  kingdom 
called  the  highest  or  heavenly.  "  Marvel  not  that 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  39 

I  said  unto  thee,  ye  must  be  born  again,"  St.  John 
iii  17,  and  Christ  knowing  of  our  credulity  left 
these  words  that  we  might  in  time  read  and  un- 
derstand: "If  ye  believe  not  what  I  tell  you 
concerning  earthly  things,  how  shall  ye  believe  if  I 
tell  you  of  heavenly  things  ?  No  man  hath  ascended 
up  to  heaven  but  he  that  came  down  from 
heaven,  even  the  Son  of  man  which  is  in  heaven." 
The  soul  is  a  part  of  deity,  consequently  Jesus,  as 
the  Son,  or  first  fruit,  came  down  from  heaven. 
This  is  the  language  but  it  cannot  fully  express 
the  action;  for  the  soul  must,  like  Mary,  be  pre- 
pared or  rebel  against  the  confusion  of  ideas  and 
notions  and  want  the  truth,  for  the  highest  over- 
shadowing cannot  come  until  the  virgin  is  pre- 
pared to  receive  the  Word  of  God .  (This  is  the  seed 
that  falls  upon  good  ground).  Prepare  then  the 
way  unto  salvation;  many  are  called  but  few  are 
chosen,  for  the  Virgin  Mary  state  has  not  come 
to  the  soul.  The  many  brethren  are  yet  to  be, 
and  the  world  is  now  in  a  state  to  receive  them 
for  the  selfishness  and  cold-heartedness  is  creating 
inharmony  and  injustice.  The  church  militant  is 
the  church  triumphant.  We  must  find  the  true 
church  before  we  can  have  peace.  The  mind 
must  be  in  a  harmonious  state  and  this  state  can- 
not exist  separate  and  apart  from  the  whole  truth. 
Jesus  came  to  save  the  world  from  the  chaotic 


4O  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

state  that  we  are  now  in,  but  we  must  do  our  part 
to  give  birth  to  the  Prince  of  the  World,  then  the 
principality  and  the  power  is  ours,  for  that  which 
is  born  is  called  good,  the  Son  of  God.  The 
meaning  of  son  is  to  have  life,  that  which  has  been 
gradually  formed,  constructed  or  completed. 
Then  a  Son  of  God  is  a  soul  that  has  been  gradu- 
ally formed  and  when  completed  it  knows  its 
Father  and  obeys  His  will. 

The  oneness  which  indicates  a  union  is  to  be 
brought  to  every  soul,  for  we  are  upon  our  jour- 
ney toward  the  heavenly  kingdom  and  it  depends 
wholly  upon  our  will.  Shall  we  take  the  straight 
and  narrow  path  that  leads  to  salvation  or  light 
which  illumines  the  mind  ?  (as  fast  as  we  turn 
toward  it,  the  truth).  Or  do  we  prefer  the  chaotic 
state,  which  is  darkness  or  death  ?  for  it  is  the 
opposite  of  life  and  light.  We  would  urge  the 
former  but  if  the  soil  is  not  prepared  our  desire 
could  not  be  fulfilled. 

We,  who  are  permitted  to  work  in  the 
vineyard,  must  do  our  work  according  to  the 
command  that  we  love  one  another  as  He  hath 
loved  us,  and  greater  love  can  no  man  show  than 
this,  that  he  is  willing  to  lay  down  his  life  to  save 
his  fellowman.  In  times  of  war  when  men  are 
called  upon  to  save  their  country  they  respond. 
Although  man  may  be  an  infidel  he  will  sacrifice 
himself  for  his  country's  good,  but  this  is  a  feeble 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  41 

state  crying  out  for  liberty.  The  liberty  that 
comes  to  the  soul  when  the  mind  is  unfolded  is 
the  highest  form  of  liberty,  because  it  is  the  truth 
that  sets  us  free  from  ignorance,  which  is  sinful  to 
the  eye  that  can  perceive  it.  "You  shall  know 
the  truth  and  the  truth  shall  set  you  free.  "  We 
realize  all  religion  to  be  a  step  toward  the  great 
center  or  Creator.  This  we  desire  to  reach  in 
the  way  that  is  good.  The  mind  must  be  un- 
folded before  it  can  be  operated  upon  by  the 
higher  orders.  The  truth  will  shine  at  times  more 
brightly  than  at  others  and  when  the  desire  to 
know  God  is  uppermost  in  your  mind  be  true  to 
the  desire  and  place  yourself  in  such  relation 
(mentally)  that  the  angels  may  impress  you,  that 
you  may  be  led  into  green  pastures  and.  beside 
the  still  waters.  As  your  soul  is  restored  you 
will  recognize  the  higher  powers  are  leading  you, 
keeping  in  mind  to  be  a  Son  of  God  and  heir 
to  the  highest  kingdom,  you  must  please  your 
Father  in  all  things.  This  will  be  your  saving 
power  for  you  cannot  serve  two  masters.  You 
will  find  the  straight  and  narrow  path  at  first 
difficult  to  follow,  but  it  leads  you  up  and  on  in  ways 
of  pleasantness,  where  all  your  paths  are  peace 
you  will  find  truth  stranger  than  fiction  the  glorious 
stories  of  old  will  be  verified  in  your  everyday  life. 
You,  like  the  beloved  Son,  will  know  that  it  is  more 
blessed  to  give  than  to  receive,  and  as  you  gather 


42  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

the  gems,  so  will  you  scatter  them.  The  soil  is 
being  prepared.  We  must  obtain  the  word  of 
God  that  we  may  sow  in  due  season,  for  the  har- 
vest will  be  in  keeping  with  the  well-tilled  soil; 
and  He  who  watches  over  all  and  calls  himself 
Lord  of  the  harvest  is  the  one  we  strive  to  please. 
Not  as  those  who  worship  in  temples  built  by 
man  have  we  fear.  We  always  rejoice  giving  no 
offence  in  anything,  that  the  ministry  be  not 
blamed.  By  pureness,  by  knowledge,  by  long- 
suffering,  by  kindness,  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  by 
love  unfeigned.  By  the  word  of  truth,  by  the 
power  of  God,  by  the  armor  of  righteousness  on 
the  right  hand  and  on  the  left.  As  unknown, 
and  yet  well  known;  as  dying,  and,  behold,  we 
live;  as  chastened,  and  not  killed.  As  sorrowful 
yet  always  rejoicing;  as  poor,  yet  making  many 
rich;  as  having  nothing,  and  yet  possessin 
things.  O  ye  Corinthians,  our  .mouth  is  open 
unto  you,  our  heart  is  enlarged.  l;or  we  are  the 
temple  of  the  living  God;  as  God  hath  said  I  will 
dwell  in  them,  and  walk  in  them;  and  I  will  be 
their  God  and  they  shall  be  my  people.  Where- 
fore come  out  from  among  them,  and  be  ye 
separate,  saith  the  Lord,  and  touch  not  the  un- 
clean thing,  and  I  will  receive  you.  And  I  will  be 
a  Father  unto  you,  and  ye  shall  be  my  sons  and 
daughters,  saith  the  Lord  Almighty — 2  Cor.  6: 
3,  6,  7,  9;  10,  ii,  1 6,  17,  1 8.  Paul  wrote  to  his 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  43 

dearly  beloved,  the  Macedonians,  and  rejoiced 
that  his  epistle  or  letter  had  caused  them  sorrow 
because  the  sorrow  was  turned  to  repentance, 
and  he  called  it  a  godly  manner,  for  godly  sorrow 
worketh  repentance  to  salvation  not  to  be  re- 
pented of;  but  the  sorrow  of  the  world  worketh 
death.  The  letter  was  written  by  Paul  to  estab- 
lish in  the  minds  of  the  Macedonians  faith,  and 
that  his  greatest  desire  was  to  bring  them  nearer 
to  God.  So  with  this  little  work  sent  out  to  per- 
form its  mission  as  the  key  to  the  kingdom.  It 
may  offend  some  but  we  shall  rejoice  if  by  it  ye 
are  made  sorry  after  a  godly  manner,  that  ye  may 
receive  damage  by  us  in  nothing,  for  this  kind  of 
sorrow  worketh  repentance  not  to  be  repented  of. 
We  have  gone  through  the  battle,  we  have  fought 
the  good  fight  and  we  know  whereof  we  speak. 
We  speak  all  things  to  you  in  truth  and  trust  that 
you  may  be  prepared  to  receive  it,  that  your  joy 
may  be  full.  We  thank  God  who  has  put  the 
same  earnest  care  into  our  heart  as  was  given  to 
Titus,  for  we,  like  him,  have  accepted  the  exhor- 
tation and  come  forward  of  our  own  accord  to  ar- 
rest your  minds  in  the  whirl  of  our  modern 
Babylon.  As  the  tribes  of  Judah  availed  them- 
selves of  the  permission  given  by  Cyrus  to  return 
to  their  own  country  after  the  captivity,  so  we  de- 
sire faith,  which  is  Judah,  to  be  restored  and  lean 
upon  the  One  who  calls  us  unto  Him  as  the  way 


44  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

to  salvation.  Let  us  be  free  in  our  thoughts  to 
range  at  will  over  all  that  has  been  and  now  is 
preparing  the  mind  to  establish  the  true  temple, 
the  real  temple,  the  temple  that  is  built  by  Solo- 
mon, (a  state  of  peace)  for  the  indwelling  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  This  we  find  as  recorded  in  2  Book  of 
Chronicles  the  dimensions  of  the  temple,  furniture 
of  the  temple,  induction  of  the  ark.  Solomon 
blesseth  the  temple.  His  prayer  at  the  consecra- 
tion of  the  temple,  his  sacrifices,  God's  promises 
to  him  and  Solomon's  buildings,  etc.,  speak  in 
language  plain  to  those  who  can  hear  that  it  was 
God's  pleasure  to  have  the  Bible  written  as  it  has 
been  to  hold  us  together  as  a  conserving  power 
until  the  mind  was  prepared  as  is  given  in  Chron- 
icles, that  the  place  called  the  interior  or  ark  of 
the  covenant  could  be  discerned  by  man  through 
the  unfolding  of  his  faculties,  and  his  mind  capa- 
ble to  reason  and  commune  with  the  true  and 
living  God.  This  has  required  time  and  time  is 
still  necessary  to  unfold  the  mind  of  the  masses, 
but  we  have,  like  Paul,  advanced  the  epistle  that 
may  grieve  you,  but  still  it  is  to  do  its  godly 
work.  Science  unfolds  the  mind,  law  establishes 
it.  Then  let  God  who  is  the  maker  of  law  send 
into  your  mind  the  light  that  is  to  light  every  man 
who  cometh  into  the  world  in  darkness.  And  yet 
some  of  us  who  are  in  the  darkened  state  called 
Egypt,  cannot  see,  because  we  have  a  heart  like 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.          45 

Pharaoh's  hardened  and  we  refuse  to  let  our 
thoughts  turn  in  the  right  direction.  Pharaoh 
wanted  miracles  performed  before  he  would  listen 
to  the  law  giver,  Moses,  and  so  it  is  to-day;  we 
will  call  for  any  and  all  things  before  we  will  bow 
to  the  law,  putting  off  until  to-morrow  as  did 
Pharaoh  saying  if  the  Lord  will  only  take  away 
those  things  that  we  do  not  admire.  We  must 
admit  our  perverse  nature  holds  us,  but  if  ye  re- 
pent and  overcome  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  at 
hand.  It  is  within  reach  of  us  as  God's  children; 
then  let  us  worship  from  the  true  temple  and 
please  Him  who  hath  sent  the  law  first  through 
Moses,  and  then  engraves  them  upon  .the  tablets 
of  our  minds.  Gad  (memory)  serves  us  now  and 
we  cannot  forget  what  he  has  told  us.  Then 
Asher  (the  will)  is  obedient  to  his  Father  and  we 
are  happy  because  we  are  loved  by  the  Father 
for  we  obey  His  commands.  Deut.  iv:  9: 
"Only  take  heed  to  thyself,  and  keep  thy  soul 
diligently,  lest  thou  forget  the  things  which  thine 
eyes  have  seen,  and  lest  they  depart  from  thy 
heart  all  the  days  of  thy  life;  but  teach  them  to 
thy  sons  and  thy  sons'  sons. "  As  the  voice  was 
heard  in  the  midst  of  the  fire  in  Horeb,  so  may 
we  look  for  the  truth  in  the  midst  of  our  trials 
(if  we  are  not  like  Pharaoh).  As  the  Lord  spoke 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  fire  so  will  he  again 
speak  to  those  who  hear  his  word,  for  he  de- 


46  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

sires  us  to  get  through  with  the  signs  and  forms, 
the  likeness  of  anything  he  tells  us  not  to  worship 
even  the  sun,  moon  and  stars.  He  tells  us  not  to 
serve  false  gods.  He  has  brought  us  Jout  of  the 
iron-furnace,  even  out  of  Egypt,  to  be  unto  Him  a 
people  of  inheritance  as  we  are  this  day.  If  we 
persist  in  our  hard-heartedness  we  are  to  be  scat- 
tered among  the  heathen  and  serve  gods  the  work 
of  men's  hands  which  have  no  life,  for  they  can- 
not see,  or  hear,  or  eat,  or  smell,  and  they  are 
an  abomination  to  the  Lord  our  God,  who  has 
brought  us  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  and  out  of 
the  house  of  bondage.  Out  of  heaven  He  made 
thee,  hear  His  voice,  that  lie  may  instruct  thee. 
For  the  voice  as  of  consciousness  (Benjamin) 
must  deliver  thee  to  thy  Creator.  It  may  appear 
to  you  that  the  whole  world  is  right  and  this  little 
(apparently)  insignificant  book  is  wrong  (perhaps 
constructed  upon  supposition)  but  we  will  turn  to 
the  tables  as  Moses  gave  us  the  law  engraved  on 
tablets  of  stone,  so  do  we  find  in  our  hearts  the 
truth  written  as  ordained  by  Him  who  con- 
structed the  law  and  it  is  through  our  study  of  the 
Law  of  Laws  that  we  are  enabled  to  send  forth  this 
little  weapon  of  defence  for  we  are  sustained  in 
the  work  through  the  laws  of  God.  We  desire  to 
place  you  in  the  way  that  in  time  you  may  go 
forth  and  do  His  bidding.  The  city  built  upon  a 
hill  cannot  be  hid;  neither  should  men  light  a 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  47 

candle  and  place  it  under  a  bushel,  but  in  a  candle- 
stick where  all  may  see  and  glorify  their  Father 
who  art  in  heaven.  Be  earnest  if  you  would  know 
God,  for  to  see  God  is  to  perceive  His  laws;  to 
conform  to  them  is  to  obey  Him.  This  under- 
standing is  the  only  lasting  source  of  power;  and 
all  laws  are  alike  divine  whether  governing  the 
physical,  intellectual  or  spiritual  nature  of  man. 
Law  means  to  lay  a  foundation,  to  put  straight,  to 
regulate,  to  point  out,  to  teach,  to  guide,  to  rule. 

The  times  now  are  not  greatly  in  advance  of  the 
time  these  words  were  written. 

The  Acts  Chap.  28:  26-27  saying,  "  Go  unto 
this  people,  and  say,  Hearing  ye  shall  hear,  and 
shall  not  understand;  and  seeing  ye  shall  see  and 
not  perceive.  For  the  heart  of  this  people  is 
waxed  gross,  and  their  ears  are  dull  of  hearing, 
and  their  eyes  have  they  closed,  lest  they  should 
see  with  their  eyes  and  hear  with  their  ears  and 
understand  with  their  hearts  and  should  be  con- 
verted and  I  should  heal  them.  Think  you  the 
miraculous  water  at  Lourdes  has  the  savingpower 
that  is  within  your  own  soul  that  God  has  given 
to  each  of  his  children  when  they  obey  His  laws 
and  commandments,  first  as  they  were  given  to 
Moses  and  now  in  the  constitution  of  man  speak- 
to  him  that  he  may  know  good  from  evil,  right 
from  wrong,  that  he  may  cleave  to  one  and  hate 
the  other,  then  he  transforms  the  one  he  hates, 


48  THE   KEY  TO  THE   KINGDOM, 

Satan,  into  an  angel  of  light  for  he  knows  that  all 
things  were  created  for  a  wise  purpose  and  the 
least  should  be  greatest  as  it  bows  around  the 
throne  of  God,  for  no  flesh  shall  glory  until  it 
serves  its  Master. 

"All  things  shall  fade  and  pass  away,  but  my 
word  shall  remain  with  you  forever.  " 

My  word  wherein  thou  hast  been  instructed 
proves  the  certainty  of  all  things.  Japhet  is  en- 
larged but  Japhet  must  dwell  in  the  tents  of  Shem 
before  we  can  come  into  an  understanding  of 
God. 

The  Turk,  the  Roman  Catholic,  and  the 
Protestant  each  think  they  are  right  and  so  they 
are;  but  progression  is  God's  law  and  to  remain 
in  the  wilderness  displeases  Him.  Thus  we  know 
unless  we  advance  in  knowledge  we  are  not  pleas- 
ing to  our  Father.  There  is  an  incentive  or 
motive  power  that  urges  us  on,  and  we  know  that 
God  leads  us,  for  it  is  the  straight  and  narrow 
path  we  tread. 

To  investigate  the  foundation  of  our  beliefs  as 
a  rule  we  will  find  that  we  know  very  little  of  them 
except  as  we  are  led  by  other  minds.  As  the 
world  is  made  up  of  many  men,  so  do  we  find 
their  various  minds  have  led  them  into  byways 
and  ditches,  but  now  God  calls  and  tells  us  to 
come  in,  the  table  is  spread,  the  feast  awaits  us. 
St.  Matthew  xv:  7.  Ye  hypocrites,  well  did  Esaias 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  49 

prophesy  of  you,  saying,  "This  people  draweth 
nigh  unto  me  with  their  mouths  and  honoreth  me 
with  their  lips;  but  their  heart  is  far  from  me.  But 
in  vain  do  they  worship  me,  teaching  for  doctrines 
the  commandments  of  men." 

Jesus  asked  Peter  if  he  was  yet  without  under- 
standing and  it  would  be  well  if  we  should  ques- 
tion ourselves,  Are  we  not  drawing  unto  God 
with  our  mouth  ?  Are  we  not  worshipping  in  vain? 
Is  our  heart  not  far  from  God  ?  Have  we  the 
faith  represented  by  the  woman  of  Canaan  who 
cried  out  to  Jesus  to  save  her  daughter  who  was 
possessed  of  a  devil.  He  told  her  it  was  not 
meet  to  cast  the  children's  bread  to  the  dogs,  and 
yet  she  was  willing  to  eat  the  crumbs  that  fell 
from  the  rich  man's  table  and  because  of  her  faith 
her  daughter  was  made  whole. — St.  Matt,  xv:  21. 

It  is  faith  we  admire  in  others,  but  lack  faith  in 
ourselves  because  Judah  has  not  been  developed 
Abraham  represents  this  faculty  developed.  He 
was  willing  to  give  up  Isaac.  We  read  in  Gen. 
xxii:  9:  Abraham  built  an  altar  and  laid  the  wood 
in  order  and  bound  Isaac  his  son,  and  laid  him  on 
the  altar  upon  the  wood.  And  Abraham  stretched 
forth  his  hand  and  took  the  knife  to  slay  his  son. 

And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  called  him  out  of 
heaven,  and  said,  Abraham,  Abraham!  and  he 
said,  Here  am  I.  And  he  said,  Lay  not  thine  hand 
upon  the  lad,  neither  do  thou  anything  unto  him; 


5O  THE  KEY  TO  THE   KINO  DOM, 

for  now  I  know  thatthou  fearestGod,  seeing  thou 
hast  not  withheld  thy  son,  thine  only  son  from 
me. 

And  Abraham  lifted  up  his  eyes  and  looked, 
and  behold,  behind  him  a  ram  caught  in  a  thicket 
by  his  horns;  and  Abraham  went  and  took  the 
ram,  and  offered  him  up  for  a  burnt  offering  in 
the  stead  of  his  son. 

God  told  Abraham  because  he  was  willing  to 
give  his  son;  he  would  multiply  and  bless  his  seed 
which  should  be  as  the  stars  of  heaven.  The  name, 
)  means  pleasure,  joy,  laughter,  delight. 
Now  God  tried  Abraham  to  see  how  strong  his 
faith  was,  and  when  He  asked  that  Isaac  1>< 
riluvd  and  Abraham  was  willingly  preparing  to 
give  him,  then  the  rani  as  a  substitute  was 
in  time  for  God  was  not  going  to  ha\ 
given  bodily.  This  story  represents  the  working 
of  the  mental  principles  or  faculties.  In  life  we  are 
held  by  the  joys,  laughter,  pleasure  and  delights  of 
the  world.  They  keep  us  from  God  and  truth, 
that  it  is  wrong  to  keep  Isaac  with  us,  but  like  Abra- 
ham, if  we  desire  the  blessings  given  by  God,  we 
must  be  willing  also  to  separate  ourselves  from 
.the  earthly  pleasure  and  joy  to  receive  the  highest 
reward.  The  ram  represents  strength  and  power, 
it  signifies  a  shoot  or  horn  which  is  a  symbol  of  a 
higher  state  being  brought  to  the  mind,  a  conscious- 
ness of  spiritual  joys.  In  the  thicket  represents  the 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  5! 

wild,  prolific  growth  arising  from  our  lower  nature 
into  which  God  has  entered  as  a  shoot  or  power, 
because,  we  are  through  faith  in  the  soul,  willing 
to  give  up  our  choicest  in  the  earth  (or  Isaac). 

God  works  this  way  to  build  up  the  mind.  We 
follow  him  in  his  works.  Faith  is  the  guiding  star 
to  rule  and  direct  us  into  a  knowledge  of  God. 
Those  who  possess  the  strongest  faith  must  be 
nearer  to  Abraham  as  their  father  for  he  was  to 
be  the  father  of  many.  The  father  or  cause  of 
elevation,  and  all  the  nations  of  the  earth  were  to 
be  blessed,  because  he  obeyed  the  voice  of  God. 
Do  not  forget  that  we  are  dealing  with  facts.  (You 
may  not  see  as  clearly  now  as  you  will  in  time.) 
If  you  determine  to  know  or  have  the  faith  that 
Abraham  represents  then  you  will  be  blessed  and 
the  blessing  will  prove  more  wonderful  than  any 
miracle  that  could  be  performed,  for  you  will  be 
able  to  read  aright  the  book  of  nature,  which  is 
God.  As  you  read  it  all  things  are  manifest,  for 
God  is  in  you  operating  through  law  and  order. 
We  know  why  the  Bible  tells  us  that  man  should 
read  as  he  runs.  The  book  is  open,  nature  re- 
veals all  things.  The  spirit  discerneth  all  •  things, 
it  is  the  letter  that  killeth;  therefore,  if  we  desire 
to  liberate  our  spirit  that  it  may  penetrate  all 
things,  we  must  go  about  it  in  an  orderly  way  and 
unfold.  If  Dan  (judgment )  has  been  de- 
veloped and  we  have  the  desire  to  know  God 


52  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

then  we  read  aright.  Make  a  wise  selection  of 
some  teacher  that  has  been  more  fully  de- 
veloped than  yourself.  For  a  time  be  a  pupil 
with  the  desire  to  become  a  teacher.  It  will  not 
be  long  until  you  find  yourself  absorbing  all  that 
your  teacher  has  to  give,  and  you  may  ask 
questions  the  teacher  cannot  answer,  for  you  have 
proved  faithful.  Those  who  are  faithful  over  a 
few  things  God  has  said  He  would  make  ruler 
over  many.  He  now  tells  you  to  enter  into  the 
joys  of  His  kingdom. 

The  joys  of  the  Lord  are  all  ready  prepared. 
We  find  the  Lord  of  Creation  or  Lord  of  the 
Harvest  is  consciousness.  Why  can  wo  not  en- 
ter into  the  joys  ?  Because  we  are  not  conscious 
of  the  way  though  all  things  tend  toward  it.  But  it 
is  left  for  man  to  reason  or  to  unfold  his  mind  when 
he  may  by  so  doing  be  a  little  lower  than  the 
angels.  God  will  crown  him  with  blessings  and 
honor.  Man  has  the  opportunity  to  reach  the 
state  that  we  know  Jesus  represents.  One  with 
God  Jesus  could  do  nothing  without  His  Father. 
We  admire  his  advanced  mind,  and  yet  only  look 
on  and  admire,  which  brings  these  words  to  our 
remembrance. 

Galatians  iii  :  i  :  "O  Foolish  Galatians,  who 
hath  bewitched  you,  that  ye  should  not  obey  the 
truth,  before  whose  eyes  Jesus  Christ  hath  been 
evidently  set  forth,  crucified  among  you  ?  This 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  53 

only  would  I  learn  of  you.  Receive  ye  the  Spirit 
by  the  works  of  the  law,  or  by  the  hearing  of 
faith  ?  Are  ye  so  foolish  ?  Having  begun  in  the 
Spirit,  are  ye  now  made  perfect  by  the  flesh  ? 
Have  ye  suffered  so  many  things  in  vain  ?  if  it  be 
yet  in  vain. 

He  therefore  that  ministereth  to  you  the  Spirit 
and  worketh  miracles  among  you,  doeth  he  it  by 
the  works  of  the  law  or  by  the  hearing  of  faith  ? 

Know  ye  therefore  that  they  which  are  of  faith, 
the  same  are  the  children  of  Abraham.  And  the 
scriptures,  foreseeing  that  God  would  justify  the 
heathen  through  faith,  preached  before  the  gospel 
unto  Abraham  saying,  In  thee  shall  all  nations  be 
blessed.  " 

It  was  given  to  Abraham  to  demonstrate  faith. 
The  Law  was  given  to  Moses  to  hold  us  until  our 
minds  were  ready  or  as  we  read  in  Gal.  iii  119, 
Till  the  seed  should  come  to  whom  the  promise 
was  made;  and  it  was  ordained  by  angels  in  the 
hand  of  a  mediator.  Further,  now  a  mediator  is 
not  a  mediator  of  one,  but  God  is  one.  Is  the 
law  then  against  the  promises  of  God?  God 
forbid.  The  law  was  our  school-master  to  bring 
us  unto  Christ,  that  we  might  be  justified  by  faith. 

But  after  that  faith  is  come,  we  are  no  longer 
under  a  school-master,  for  if  we  be  in  Christ  then 
are  we  Abraham's  seed  and  heirs  according  to 
promise.  If  you  can  understand  the  importance 


54  XH£  KEY  TO  THE   KINGDOM, 

of  faith  and  desire  to  embrace  it  you  are  a  de- 
scendant of  Abraham.  Test  your  faith  and  then 
you  will  know,  for  the  blessings  will  be  bestowed 
upon  you.  Paul  tells  Peter  he  is  afraid  he  has 
bestowed  labor  in  vain  upon  him.  He  tells  us 
we  observe  days,  and  months,  and  times  and 
years,  but  he  fears  we  do  not  observe  the  fullness 
of  this  time  when  God  has  sent  His  Son  into  our 
hearts,  crying,  Abba,  Father ! 

When  this  state  comes  to  the  soul  we  are  no 
more  a  servant,  but  a  Son,  and  if  a  Son,  then  an 
heir  of  God  through  Christ. 

"Am  I  therefore  become  your  enemy  because  I 
speak  the  truth? — Gal.  iv:  16. 

Tell  me,  ye  that  desire  to  be  under  the  law,  do 
ye  not  hear  the  law  ?  " — Gal.  xxi. 

Abraham  had  two  sons,  the  one  by  a  bond  maid 
the  other  by  a  free  woman.  He  who  was  of  the 
bondwoman  was  born  after  the  flesh,  he  of  the 
free  woman  was  by  promise.  Now  we  are  the 
brethren  of  Isaac  and  of  promise,  for  we  find  the 
truth  in  relation  to  the  Bible  account  of  the  hand- 
maid or  bondwoman.  Hagar  belonged  to  the 
earth,  or  was  lower  than  Sarah,  which  her  name 
implies  (to  wander  and  flee),  while  Sarah  means 
(to  establish  in  order,  placing  in  rows,  a  power 
that  adjusts  and  presides.)  Thus  we  find  in  our 
study  that  this  story  of  Abraham  having  two  wives 
was  necessary  for  us  to  look  upon  as  all  the  rest 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  55 

of  the  Bible  as  the  means  of  holding  the  mind  of 
man,  until  the  high  priest,  Melchizedek,  meaning 
the  king  of  the  just,  should  come  forth  and  estab- 
lish his  rule  for  the  mind  is  now  prepared  to  con- 
tinually offer  up  on  the  altar  which  was  said  to  be 
in  the  plain  of  Mamre,  Gen.  xiii:  18,  but  which  we 
find  to  be  strength,  by  which  we  may  overcome 
all  the  lower  conditions  in  our  nature  and  turning 
our  thoughts  to  God  we  gain  renewed  strength  as 
we  advance  for  we  realize  now  why  Abraham  was 
called  to  battle.  The  nature  called  the  animal 
must  be  subdued.  We  go  to  battle  again  and 
again  for  Cain  in  the  beginning  represented  this 
low  state  that  some  of  us  have  not  yet  controlled. 
Cain  is  called  a  Lord  murderer.  It  is  this  nature, 
Cain,  that  holds  us  in  the  earth.  God  did  not  want 
Cain's  offering.  Neither  does  he  to-day,  but 
Abel's  offering  was  acceptable,  for  he  is  spoken 
of  as  a  keeper  of  sheep,  and  he  gave  of  the 
firstlings  of  his  flocks.  The  sheep  are  spoken  of 
as  firstlings,  because  the  meaning  of  firstling  is 
something  begotten  and  born  whose  nature  is  not 
to  be  changed,  proving  God  is  pleased  with  a 
perfect  state. 

Cain  killed  Abel,  but  the  highest  must  feed  the 
lowest.  The  work  goes  on  in  the  mental  states 
and  conditions  by  which  we  are  surrounded. 

When  the  Cain  has  been  brought  up  and  Shem 
rules,  then  the  freedom  of  the  will  is  exercised  and 


56  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

directed- into  the  highest  channel.  "The  light  is 
slowly  coming,"  although  we  seethe  blind  leading 
the  blind,  and  know  that  they  will  all  fall  into  the 
ditch;  still  the  survival  of  the  fittest  is  assured,  for 
the  promise  is  made  to  the  seed  of  Abraham.  If  you 
desire  to  find  the  truth,  and  be  led  through  faith, 
then  do  as  we  have  done,  seek,  for  the  door  will 
be  opened,  but  you  know  it  will  not  open  until 
you  knock. 

It  is  the  germ  of  the  nature  we  call  (iod  within 
our  souls  that  wants  to  he  freed.  It  has  tired  of 
the  signs  and  forms,  parables  and  allegories;  it  has 
absorbed  all  the  life  or  nourishment  that  they 
contained.  Religion  is  now  dry  as  a  husk;  there- 
fore, we  hunger  and  thirst  for  righteousness,  and 
know  somewhere  there  is  food  called  the  Bread 
of  Life  or  Manna;  it  is  sent  from  heaven. 
Heaven  is  a  state  of  consciousness.  \Ve  try  to 
bring  you  face  to  face  with  the  truth,  and  all  who 
cry  out  as  did  Saul  of  old  shall  be  delivered. 

All  the  work  that  has  been  going  on  and  now 
exists  has  been  to  bring  us  where  we  can  see  that 
the  son  of  the  bondwoman  cannot  be  heir.  It  is 
the  son  of  the  freewoman.  Gal.  iv:  31. 

So  then,  brethren,  we  are  not  children  of  the 
bondwoman,  but  of  the  free.  Gal.  v:  i.  Stand 
fast,  therefore,  in  the  liberty  wherewith  Christ  hath 
made  us  free,  and  be  not  entangled  again  with 
the  yoke  of  bondage. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  57 

Paul  wrote  from  Athens,  and  said  he  found  an 
altar  with  this  inscription,  "To  the  unknown  God 
whom  ye  ignorantly  worship;  him  do  I  adore." 

Don't  you  think  Paul  would  have  as  good  cause 
in  this  latter  day  to  say  that  we  ignorantly  worship? 

But  we  have  every  advantage  now  to  know. 
The  Holy  Ghost  saith,  to-day  if  ye  will  hear  His 
voice,  harden  not  your  hearts  as  in  the  day  of 
temptation  or  provocation  in  the  wilderness,  when 
your  fathers  tempted  me,  proved  me,  and  saw  my 
works  forty  years;  wherefore  I  was  grieved 
with  that  generation,  and  said,  They  do  always 
err  in  their  heart,  and  they  have  not  known  my 
ways:  so  I  sware  in  my  wrath,  They  shall  not 
enter  into  my  rest.  Take  heed,  brethren,  least 
there  be  in  any  of  you  an  evil  heart  of  unbelief  in 
departing  from  the  living  God.  But  exhort  one 
another  while  it  is  called  to-day,  lest  any  of  you 
be  hardened  through  the  deceitfulness  of  sin. 

We  find  the  meaning  of  sin  is  a  missing  of  the 
mark,  a  state  that  is  changeable,  a  nature  that  can- 
not endure,  unripe  or  immature.  You  see  God  is 
not  pleased  with  this  state.  He  tells  us  to  exhort 
one  another  while  it  is  yet  day,  for  we  may  depart 
from  Him  through  sin.  How  can  we  tell  whether 
we  have  an  evil  heart  or  not,  when  we  do  not 
know  God  or  the  Holy  Ghost  who  tells  us  to  hear 
the  voice  if  our  hearts  are  not  hardened.  We  are 
in  the  wilderness  where  our  fathers  were,  and  God 


58  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

is  grieved    and    said    they  always  erred    in  their 
hearts,  for  they  have  not  known  me. 

The  meaning  of  wilderness  is  (turning  to  the 
mind),  a  state  that  is  not  yet  harmonized,  but  is 
being  prepared  to  banish  the  tempter  and  receive 
through  affliction  judgment,  the  Logos  or  reason. 
There  must  be  a  revolving  and  turning  before 
there  can  be  love  and  harmony  introduced  into 
the  mind,  one  must  be  stirred  to  the  innermost 
depths  of  the  mind  in  the  state  called  a  \vildern< 

The  ram  carpe  through  the  thicket  or  growth  of 
mental  disorder,  and  so  God  is  at  work  in  the 
wilderness,  trying  to  prepare  our  minds  for 
law  and  order  to  be  established,  instead  of  the  un- 
godly state  we  find  to-day,  or  the  wilderness 
where  our  fathers  were  when  God  said  you  do 
not  know  me. 

First  Timothy,  sixth  verse:  "But  they  that 
will  be  rich  fall  into  temptation,  and  a  snare,  and 
into  many  foolish  and  hurtful  lusts,  which  drown 
men  in  destruction  and  perdition;  for  the  love  of 
money  is  the  root  of  all  evil:  which  while  some 
coveted  after  they  have  erred  from  the  faith,  and 
pierced  themselves  through  with  many  sorrows: 
but  thou,  ()  man  of  God,  flee  these  things,  and 
follow  after  righteousness,  godliness,  faith,  love, 
patience,  meekness,  Fight  the  good  fight  of  faith, 
whereunto  thou  art  also  called,  and  hast  performed 
a  good  profession  before  many  witnesses.  Charge 


OR  HEAVEN  LTFON  EARTH.  59 

them  that  are  rich  in  this  world  that  they  be  not 
high-minded,  nor  trust  in  uncertain  riches,  but  in 
the  living  God,  who  giveth  us  richly  all  things  to 
enjoy;  that  they  do  good,  that  they  be  rich  in  good 
works,  ready  to  distribute,  willing  to  communicate, 
laying  up  in  store  for  themselves  a  good  founda- 
tion against  the  time  to  come,  that  they  may  lay 
hold  on  eternal  life." 

Eternal  life  is  here  and  now,  when  we  under- 
stand life's  work,  or  the  orderly  method  of  God 
in  creation.  God  gives  us  ways  and  means  as 
perfect  in  their  appointments  to  our  salvation  as 
law  and  order  manifest  themselves  in  their  rela- 
tions. If  we  are  not  fully  prepared  to  see,  in 
other  words,  Rheuben,  the  first  faculty  has  not 
been  developed.  Let  us  strive  to  come  into  an 
understanding  of  God  through  H  is  works  and  ways. 
He  wants  us  to  unfold  all  the  faculties  of  the  mind. 
As  this  is  the  time,  to-day,  that  the  Lord  hath 
appointed  for  us  to  enter  into  the  covenant,  let  us 
not  be  of  that  generation  that  grieved  Him,  He 
who  so  patiently  watches  over  us,  and  who  tells 
us  to  exhort  one  another  daily  while  it  is  called 
to-day,  for  God  knows  our  weaknesses.  We  are 
told  if  we  will  hold  steadfast  to  the  end  we  shall 
be  made  partakers  of  Christ.  The  meaning  of 
Christ  is  a  soul  that  has  been  brought  forth  through 
the  trials  and  tribulations  that  have  been  placed 
upon  it  to  soften  its  nature  that  it  may  be  prepared 


6O  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

to  receive  the  Word  of  God.  Christ  has  been 
•called  the  first  born  of  many  brethren  yet  to  be, 
for  in  Christ  we  find  the  fulfillment  of  all  the  laws 
and  commandments,  types,  symbols  and  proph- 
esies. King  David  marks  a  state  in  the  mind 
when  it  recognizes  God  through  the  proper 
channel,  and  he  tells  the  angels  to  bless  the  Lord, 
those  who  excel  in  strength,  that  do  his  command- 

D 

ments,  hearkening  unto  the  voice  of  God. 

1  )a\  id  is  beloved  of  the  Lord  (begotten,  sen: 
state  of  the  mind  that  must  sing  praises  unto  its  God, 
for  it  realizes  God's  mercy  endureth  forever.  The 
temple  is  built  by  Solomon  (peaceful).  \\  e 
build  the  mind  from  a  low  to  a  higher  state  when 
we  find  the  Hible  has  a  soul,  and  through  its  rightful 
meaning  we  come  in  contact  with  God  .test 

handiwork,  THE  MIND  OF  MAN. 

And  we  declare  unto  you  glad  tidings,  how 
that  the  promise  which  was  made  unto  the  fathers 
God  hath  fulfilled  the  same  unto  us  their  children,  in 
that  He  hath  raised  up  Jesus  again  as  it  is  also 
written  in  the  second.  "Thou  art  my  son:  this  day 
have  I  begotten  thee."  The  Acts xiii:  21-31.  When 
we  see  a  soul  whose  apparel  is  all  virtue,  wisdom 
and  power,  whose  every  product  in  word  and  deed 
puts  upon  itself  a  form  adapted  to  the  necessities 
of  the  highest  humanity,  whose  garments  are  like 
the  ones  we  know  He  wore,  colored  or  dyed  in 
affliction,  this  soul  will  represent  itself  as  a  Jesus. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  6 1 

There  will  be  no  need  to  advertise  the  Messiah 
has  come,  but  we  will  wait  patiently  for  the  coming' 
of  Christ  in  humanity,  which  constitutes  a  perfect 
mind.  This  state  is  called  My  Son.  It  pleases 
the  Father,  for  the  faculties  are  developed,  and 
the  mind,  like  David's,  sing  praises  to  God  its 
Creator. 

The  temple  is  here  finished,  and  peace  is 
brought  by  Solomon.  The  interior  court  where 
the  Holy  of  Holies  is  kept  is  the  ark.  The  mean- 
ing of  ark  is  the  highest  place  for  the  sacred 
manna  (in  the  soul)  where  His  word  sustains 
us.  And  Solomon  said  he  put  the  covenant  of 
the  Lord  that  he  made  with  the  people  of  Israel 
into  this  ark.  n  Chron.  vi:  37-38. 

Yet  if  they  bethink  themselves  in  the  land 
whither  they  are  carried  captive,  and  turn  and 
pray  unto  thee  in  the  land  of  their  captivity, 
saying,  "We  have  sinned;  we  have  done  amiss, 
and  have  dealt  wickedly;"  if  they  return  to  thee 
with  all  their  heart  and  with  all  their  soul  in  the 
land  of  their  captivity,  whither  they  have  carried 
them  captives,  and  pray  toward  their  land,  which 
thou  gavest  unto  their  fathers,  and  toward  the  city 
which  thou  hast  chosen,  and  toward  the  house 
which  I  have  built  for  thy  name,  then  hear  thou 
from  the  heavens,  even  from  thy  dwelling-place, 
their  prayer  and  their  supplications,  and  maintain 
their  cause,  and  forgive  thy  people  which  have 


62  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

sinned  against  thee. 

A  prayer  made  from  this  place  will  be  answered. 
We  must  consider  the  difference  between  knowing 
and  thinking  that  we  know.  The  meaning  of 
thought  is  to  number^  to  reckon,  to  complete. 
You  see  we  must  know  how  to  pray  from  this 
place  that  Solomon  has  built. 

"Hear  thou  from  the  heavens."  We  find  the 
meaning  of  heaven  to  be  a  state  that  is  perfect, 
finished,  blest,  made  whole,  completed,  established, 
extended,  uplifted,  fashioned  or  wrought.  We 
see  the  wisdom  of  God  in  concealing  the  true 
meaning  of  the  Bible  until  now.  We  could  not 
have-  understood  he-lore  the  meaning,  and  we  find 
even  now  man  so  immersed  in  the  wilderness  that 
it  is  difficult  to  lead  him  out.  The  meaning  of 
day  is  a  cycle  of  time  to  be  run,  that  something 
ma)*  be  accomplished.  Thus,  when  we  read  to- 
day hear  my  voice,  it  has  taken  ages  for  us  to 
hear  the  Word  of  God  correct. 

We  need  only  to  glance  over  the  whole  as  we 
view  a  panorama,  and  marvel  at  the  scenes  as  they 
have  been  portrayed  by  our  state  called  infancy,  and 
now  recognize  even  a  few  who  are  ready  to  follow 
Him,  the  Way,  the  Truth  and  the  Light.  All  of 
the  Bible  proves  this  assertion  (when  we  can  see). 
Galatians  v:  19  to  26.  Now  the  works  of  the 
flesh  are  manifest,  which  are  these,  adultery,  forni- 
cation, uncleanness,  lasciviousness,  idolatry, 


,  OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  63 

witchcraft,  hatred,  variance,  emulations,  wrath, 
strife,  seditions,  heresies,  envyings,  murders, 
drunkenness,  revellings;  and  those  who  are  held 
by  the  above  actions  are  not  to  inherit  the  king- 
dom of  God. 

But  the  fruit  of  the  spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace, 
longsuffering,  gentleness,  goodness,  faith,  meek- 
ness, temperance;  against  such  there  is  no  law, 
and  they  that  are  Christ's  have  crucified  the  flesh 
with  the  affections  and  lusts.  If  we  live  in  the 
spirit,  let  us  also  walk  in  the  spirit.  Let  us  not 
be  desirous  of  vain  glory,  provoking  one  another, 
envying  one  another.  If  we  think  ourselves 
something,  when  we  are  nothing,  we  deceive  our- 
selves. We  are  to  bear  each  other's  burdens,  and 
with  God  to  aid  us,  we  may  cast  them  at  His  feet. 

We  trust  the  very  little  that  has  been  given  as 
a  homeopathy  remedy  in  this  little  work  may 
awaken  an  interest  in  all  who  will  take  time  to 
peruse  it.  It  took  a  long  time  for  us  to  give  old 
allopathy  (creeds  and  dogmas)  a  farewell  shake,  but 
we  found  ourselves  being  left  behind,  for  the  car 
of  progress  goes  rapidly  forward  with  its  load  of 
human  freight  or  minds  quickened  into  life  and 
activity  through  the  constant  whirl  of  a  busy  day, 
but  the  night-time  comes  to  every  soul,  and  it  is  at 
this  time  our  little  book  may  be  picked  up  with  a 
desire  to  kill  time.  We  trust  that  you  will  not 
kill  the  Spirit  or  the  Holy  Ghost  that  calls  out 


64  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

"To-day  hear  my  voice."  Like  John  the  Baptist 
crying  in  the  wilderness  we  would  make  ready 
the  way  for  Him  who  is  to  come  after,  whose 
shoes  we  are  not  worthy  to  unloose.  This  is  the 
spirit  we  have  in  sending  out  this  "Key,"  for  it 
will  unlock  the  door  to  any  one  of  the 
many  mansions  that  you  may  be  prepared  to 
enter. 

When  you  come  into  a  full  understanding  of 
laws  and  principles,  you  will  sing,  I  would  not 
live  always;  I  care  not  to  stay.  Hut  until  you  do 
come  into  a  full  understanding  you  will  find  it  is 
the  storm  afu-r  storm  that  develops  you, 
be  ready  to  meet  all  things,  for  you  can  under- 
stand why  God  sends  all  things  to  you  for  your 
good.  Hlrssings  arc  in  the  etymology  of  the 
Hebrew  the  same  as  cursing. 

All  is  from  the  creative  power  to  unfold  your 
possibilities.  Thus  you  thank  God  for  sending 
that  which  draws  you  nearer  unto  Him.  "I  am 
the  vine;  ye  are  the  branches."  If  we  do  not  bear 
fruit  we  are  to  be  cut  off  and  cast  into  the  fire. 
If  we  do  bear  fruit  we  will  be  operated  upon  by 
the  angelic  ministration  and  purged  that  we  may 
bear  more  fruit.  This  state  pleases  the  Father. 
Ephesians  1 1:  i,  2. 

And  you  hath  He  quickened  who  were  dead  in 
trespasses  and  sin,  wherein  in  time  past  ye  walked 
according  to  the  course  of  this  world,  according  to 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  65 

the  prince  of  the  power  of  the  air,  the  spirit  that 
now  worketh  in  the  children  of  disobedience. 

For  by  grace  are  ye  saved  through  faith;  and 
that  not  of  yourselves.  It  is  the  gift  of  God.  The 
whole  plan  of  salvation  consists  of  knowing. 
Knowledge  gives  us  power,  and  the  gift  of  God 
as  given  to  us  is  knowledge.  In  the  Bible  we 
find  the  mind  is  spoken  of  as  the  understanding,  and 
we  are  cautioned  with  all  our  getting  to  get  under- 
standing. Simon  who  answered  Jesus  was  called 
blessed,  because  he  knew  when  asked  the  import- 
ant question,  "Whom  do  men  say  that  I  am?"  If 
it  were  simply  answering  the  one  question  that 
made  Simon  blessed,  we  would  not  recognize  in 
the  answer  a  blessed  state,  but  we  find  that  Simon 
denotes  the  understanding,  and  know  the  voice 
that  tells  Jesus  "Thou  art  Christ,  the  Son  of  the 
living  God,"  is  to  vibrate  in  every  soul  in  time, 
for  it  is  a  state  of  consciousness  never  to  be  cut 
off,  against  which  the  gates  of  hell  cannot  prevail. 
It  is  the  Rock  of  Ages,  or  Rock  of  Reason,  or  the 
Pearl  of  Great  Price.  There  are  so  many  ways 
of  expressing  the  nature  when  it  is  understood, 
and  still  few  understand  the  nature  because  it  has 
not  been  as  yet  unfolded,  but  this  is  the  whole  plan 
consummated.  To  know  means  to  obey  the  laws 
as  written  through  ages  in  the  different  natures  of 
man. 

He  who  went  away  has  come  again;  in  other 


66  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

words,  Christ  has  arisen  from  the  dead.  \Ye 
must  remember  that  it  has  taken  all  these  ages  to 
bring  about  the  state  represented  by  Christ.  Hie 
work  was  commenced  in  Adam  or  Genesis,  when 
the  world  was  niade  by  God's  creative  hand  in 
Exodus,  the  Hebrews  marched  to  gain  the  prom- 
ised land,  I  .eviticus  contained  the  law,  holy,  just  and 
good,  Numbers  record  the  tribes  enrolled,  all  sons 
of  Abraham's  blood,  Moses  in  Deuteronomy  records 
God's  mighty  deeds,  brave  Joshua  into  Canaan's 
land  the  host  of  Israel  leads,  in  Judges  there  re- 
bellion oft  provokes  the  Lord  to  smite,  but  Ruth 
records  the  faith  of  one  well  pleased  in  her  sight. 

Ruth  ist.  [6  verse.  And  Ruth  said,  "Entreat 
me  not  to  leave  thee,  or  to  return  from  following 
after  thee;  thy  Lord  is  my  dod."  We  find  all  that 
has  been  given  in  Bible  history,  all  ancient  and 
modern  history  has  been  given  to  man  that  his 
mind  in  time  could  express  itself  as  Simon  of  old 
did:  "1  know  thou  art  Christ."  This  is  accom- 
plished when  the  brain  structure  has  been  fully 
developed,  and  we  have  the  eyes  that  the  Bible 
speaks  of  as  spiritual;  we  are  able  to  discern,  dis- 
criminate, distinguish  the  difference  between  in- 
tellectual and  spiritual  things.  Rheuben  (percep- 
tion) has  been  developed  to  glorify  God  and  God 
only. 

Thus  the  first  faculty  must  be  prepared  to  do 
its  father's  bidding,  before  we  can  marshal  the 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  67 

other  eleven  brothers  (or  faculties),  that  we  may 
in  time  present  an  orderly  train  of  thought  which 
is  pleasing  to  God. 

The  survival  of  the  fittest  in  the  race  for  life 
may  be  understood  when  we  begin  this  God-like 
task  of  pleasing  our  Father.  The  question  of 
who  are  the  fittest  we  may  leave  with  Him  who 
reads  the  heart,  and  as  we  cast  our  burdens  upon 
Him,  in  fact  we  have  no  burdens,  when  we  read 
our  title  clear,  because  it  is  love  to  God  that  bears 
us  on  and  up  in  the  life  work  set  before  us. 
There  is  no  race  except  as  we  would  put  ten 
thousand  inharmonious  thoughts  to  flight,  and 
leave  the  Ego  master  of  the  battle-field.  Our 
work  is  subjective;  we  are  in  the  right  line  to 
reach  the  fountain  head.  We  care  not  for  the 
morrow;  to-morrow  takes  care  of  itself.  The  Bible 
is  the  grandest  book  ever  written.  In  time  we 
hope  to  read  it  fully  from  its  interior  or  soul. 
Swedenborg  saw  there  was  a  deeper  meaning 
than  that  implied  by  the  letter.  He  called  it 
reading  between  the  lines.  The  power  that  man 
in  time  will  inherit  will  cause  him  to  read  aright 
the  Book  of  Books.  This  state  will  be  reached 
through  the  intellect  (Japhet)  being  developed  and 
resting  wholly  in  the  spiritual  (Shemitic)  nature. 

To  come  in  contact  with  the  Lord  of  Lords  or 
King  of  Kings  requires  a  nature  as  is  given  by 
Jesus  the  Christ,  and  it  'is  to  this  end  that  we 


68  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

should  know  all  things.  Jesus  was  given;  He 
came  to  save  us;  He  died  that  we  might  live;  and 
yet  we  are  told  that  the  Messiah  is  to  come  again. 
This  we  know  to  be  a  truth;  but  we  also  know, 
not  as  before  in  One  Individual,  The  Messiah, 
The  Anointed  One,  is  He  who  has  been  prepared 
to  do  His  Father's  Will,  He  who  comes  from  a 
lowly  state  born  in  the  manger,  and  lives  a  life  of 
sacrifice.  He  who  pleases  God,  and  in  time  re- 
ceives the  just  reward,  joined  or  united  to  his 
Father,  through  obedience  to  His  laws  and  pre- 
cepts. In  spirit  we  are  one  with  God.  God 
the  Father  (the  creative  center  or  life),  God  the 
Son  (emanating  from  the  Father),  and  God  the 
Holy  Ghost  (the  Divine  Spirit  or  breath,  the  air 
we  are  sustained  by).  His  agent,  for  the  spirit 
draws  its  life  from  the  soul  or  center  of  crea- 
tion's God. 

We  must  think  in  the  Shemitic  line  to  evolve 
or  unfold  the  spiritual  nature.  We  know 
thought  moves  the  world,  but  we  do  not  send  out 
the  right  thoughts  toward  the  Creator,  or  we 
would  show  a  higher  state  or  nature.  The  poor 
millionaire  does  not  know  God.  His  god  is  in 
the  earth,  and  he  cannot  be  made  to  see  that  he 
is  poor,  because  he  has  not  a  state  in  his  nature 
for  spiritual  things.  We  should  pity  not  blame  the 
poor  blind  millionaire. 

(The  millennium   means  the  thousand  years  of 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  69 

Christ's  reign  upon  the  earth.)  We  know  full 
well  if  the  Spirit  of  Christ  could  be  embodied 
in  humanity,  that  the  millennium  would  be  now, 
and  therefore  we  are  millennarians,  for  we  believe 
this  state  must  come  to  the  fittest  who  will  survive 
in  the  race  for  life. 

God  gave  us  the  earth  and  the  fullness  thereof, 
but  man's  nature  being  perverse  by  his  soul  com- 
ing in  contact  with  the  animal  nature,  it  has  caused 
him  to  act  and  to  do  as  we  see  him  from  the 
earliest  stage  of  growth  in  Adam  up  to  the  pres- 
ent day.  God  saw  that  we  would  need  a  mediator 
between  earth  and  heaven  (the  lowest  and  highest 
states),  and  He  prepared  One,  Jesus,  (which 
means  to  save,  to  make  whole,  one  in  whom  all 
the  faculties  are  developed).  Consequently  He 
knew  His  Father,  and  His  Father  knew  Him. 
We  have  the  same  privilege,  or  else  God  would 
not  have  sent  His  Son  to  lead  us  unto  Him. 

Look  well  to  your  .thoughts.  The  meaning  of 
thought  is  to  number,  to  reckon,  compute.  Thus 
we  may  in  time  regulate  our  minds  if  we  watch 
and  pray  to  do  His  Will.  To  know  God  we 
must  think  rightly.  To  think  right  is  to  do  right; 
and  to  do  right  pleases  Him  who  watches  over 
us  and  numbers  the  hairs  of  our  head. 

The  River  of  Water  of  Life  we  will  then  drink 
and  be  nourished  by  as  He  ordained  'from  the 
beginning,  for  he  said,  "Let  there  be  Light." 


7O  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

The  mind  must  be  prepared  to  do  the  work  as  in 
Adam,  (to  reason,  to  think,  to  compare,  to  liken, 
to  form  similitudes.)  We  begin  in  Adam,  for 
the  earth  must  be  tilled,  cultivated  and  made 
ready  for  the  Tree  of  Life.  The  garden  of  Eden 
is  hedged  in  that  fruit  may  be  raised.  The  mind 
must  be  hedged  in  from  the  world,  as  it  is  in  the 
state  called  Babylon  (relating  to  spiritual  things,) 
signs  and  forms,  parables  and  allegories  hold  the 
minds  of  those  who  are  not  capable  of  under- 
standing God.  The  most  unfolded  minds  are  in 
a  chaotic  state,  for  they  reason  from  the  intellect, 
and  cannot  see  with  spiritual  eyes,  because  the 
Shemitic  nature  has  not  been  developed.  We 
hope  you  will  consider  this  epistle  as  sent  to 
and  call  upon  God  to  enlighten  you.  If,  like 
Paul,  \vc  have  offended,  we  trust  as  did  he,  for  it 
is  with  a  godly  fear  we  write.  If  God  be  with  us, 
who  can  be  against  us?  It  is  God  that  justifieth. 

Then  give    unto  Caesar  the     things  which 
Caesar's  but  unto  God  the  things  which  belong  to 
Him,  for  He  is  jealous  and  watches  with  love  and 
tenderness  lest  we  be  cast  into  the  bottomless  pit, 
(ignorance  or  darknes 

\Ye  must  be  willing  to  sacrifice  those  things 
that  hold  or  bind  us  to  the  earth.  In  the  Hebrew 
sacrifice  signifies,  in  the  order  in  which  it  is 
made,  processes  of  soul  growth  that  were  to  be 
perfectly  made  known-  in  the  life  of  Christ,  and 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  71 

ultimately  in  all  humanity.  As  Abraham,  was  willing 
to  sacrifice  Isaac,  it  brought  his  soul  into  a  higher 
state,  for  faith  was  established,  so  may  we  be 
brought  up  by  the  gradual  death  of  the  ruling 
animal  nature,  by  the  transmuting  action  of 
fires  of  affliction  and  tribulation,  by  the  gift  of 
God  in  overshadowing  the  soul,  inserting  in  it 
germs  of  life  and  giving  to  it  laws  and  precepts  of 
a  higher  nature. 

Paul  acknowledged  to  King  Agrippa  that  he 
lived  after  the  most  or  straightest  sect  of  his 
religion,  a  Pharisee,  and  while  living  the  life  he 
thought  he  ought  to  do  many  things  contrary  to  the 
name  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth.  He  tells  the  king 
that  he  shut  up  many  of  the  saints  in  prison,  he 
got  mad,  blasphemed  and  persecuted  in  every 
synagogue,  but  on  his  way  to  Damascus  at  mid- 
day he  saw  a  light  from  heaven,  above  the  bright- 
ness of  the  sun.  It  shone  about  him  and  on  those 
who  were  with  him.  They  all  fell  to  the  earth  and 
Paul  heard  a  voice  in  the  Hebrew  tongue  say, 
Saul,  Saul,  (Saul  is  the  same  as  Paul)  why  perse- 
cutest  thou  me  ?  Paul  answered  and  said,  Who 
art  thou,  Lord  ?  And  he  said,  I  am  Jesus  whom 
thou  persecutest;  arise,  stand  upon  thy  feet;  for  I 
have  appeared  unto  thee  for  this  purpose:  To 
make  thee  a  minister  and  a  witness  both  of  these 
things  which  thou  hast  seen,  and  of  those  things 
in  which  I  will  appear  unto  thee,  delivering  thee 


72  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

from  the  people,  and  from  the  Gentiles,  unto 
whom  now  I  send  thee,  to  open  their  eyes  and  to 
turn  them  from  darkness  to  light,  and  from  the 
power  of  Satan  unto  God.  The  Acts  xxvi:  5  to  1 5. 

Pharisee  means  dissimulation,  and  the  meaning 
of  dissimulation  is  hypocrisy;  therefore,  we  find 
Paul  not  in  the  right  path  although  joined 
to  the  straightest  sect  of  religion.  The  meaning 
of  Paul  is  a  state  asking  or  desiring  (born  of  the 
tribe  of  Benjamin).  He  possessed  conscientious- 
ness and  desired  to  please  God.  He  almost  per- 
suaded King  Agrippa  to  be  a  Christian,  and  Paul 
said,  would  to  God  not  only  thou,  but  all  that  hear 
me  would  become  as  I  have  been  convinced  that 
all  the  work  has  been  to  bring  us  into  a  state  of 
knowing.  The  Jews  expected  Paul  to  fall  down 
dead  because  a  viper  took  hold  of  his  hand  when 
he  gathered  some  wood  fora  fire;  his  hand  was  not 
even  swollen;  he  was  not  harmed;  then  the 
Jews  called  him  a  god. 

The  meaning  of  viper  or  serpent  is  hissing 
muttering,  that  which  never  goes  straight.  It  resists 
Truth,  Right  and  Justice  on  which  God  insists, 
therefore,  the  viper  could  not  stay  upon  his  hand 
for  Paul  desired  to  please  God. 

In  Paul's  time  we  find  they  were,  as  in  this  day. 
Some  believed  the  things  which  were  spoken,  and 
some  believed  not.  Thus  they  scattered  or  de- 
parted when  they  could  not  agree  among  them, 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  73 

selves.  (The  Acts  xxviii:  24.)  If  we  desire  to 
know  how  far  we  have  advanced  in  relation  to  spir- 
itual things,  let  us  question  how  much  we  know  con- 
cerning God.  We  may  be,  like  King  Agrippa, 
almost  persuaded  to  be  a  Christian,  but  we  must 
know  to  be  a  Christian  we  should  live  the  life.  It 
is  not  alone  belonging  to  the  stratghtest  sect  for 
we  may  be  Pharisees  also. 

There  is  a  way  out  of  the  wilderness  or  else 
there  would  not  have  been  a  wilderness  for  God 
does  not  oppress.  It  is  man's  perverse  nature 
that  is  oppressive. 

We,  like  Paul,  must  see  the  light  in  the  heavens 
and  hear  the  voice,  before  we  know  that  we  are 
persecuting  Jesus. 

We  know  heaven  is  a  perfect  state  of  the  mind 
and  the  light  that  Paul  saw  was  in  his  mind  and 
Reason  called  out,  Why  Saul  dost  thou  persecute 
me?  When  he  was  convinced  it  was  Jesus  he 
stood  upon  his  feet,  which  means  a  foundation, 
permanent  advancement,  progression. 

WThen  we  hear  the  voice  we  will  stand  firm  for 
the  foundation  is  truth.  The  understanding  has 
been  opened,  "We  know  thou  art  Christ.  "  But 
the  garden  must  be  hedged  in.  The  silent  work- 
ing of  the  power  of  God  will  bring  all  the  lower 
nature  under  control,  that  the  temple,  the  mind, 
may  be  established.  Then  as  you  contemplate 
the  workings  of  His  divine  laws,  your  soul  re- 


74  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

joices  as  did  Paul  and  you  would  like  to  convert 
all  to  the  truth.  When  the  lamb  and  the  lion  lay 
down  side  by  side,  the  millennium  has  come,  for 
these  natures  harmonize.  Paul  denotes  a  state  of 
soul  growth  which  asks  or  desires  spiritual  things. 

The  Key  to  the  Kingdom  may  help  you  to 
enter.  The  way  is  open  and  you  are  here  in- 
vited to  join  us  as  Paul  invited  King  Agrippa,  and 
all  who  heard  him  that  day.  Paul  told  Festus 
(when  he  was  accused  of  being  mad)  that  these 
things  \\cre  not  done  in  a  corner,  or  hiddgn  from 
us  if  we  have  the  desire  to  seek  or  knock  at  the 
door. 

Much  learning  does  not  make  us  mad  when  the 
thoughts  are  directed  to  God  through  the  Shemitic 
nature.  \Ve  know  people  go  mad  who  are  called 
religious  and  Paul  acknowledged  himself  to  be 
mad,  when  in  the  straightest  sect  of  religion,  but 
the-  light  that  came  to  Paul  on  his  journey  revealed 
all  things  and  he  had  much  learning,  lie  was  a 
servant  of  Jesus  Christ.  Paul  tells  us  that  the 
wrath  of  God  is  revealed  from  heaven  against  all 
ungodliness  and  unrighteousness  of  men,  who 
hold  the  truth  in  unrighteousness,  for  man  does 
not  give  to  God  the  praise.  Man  is  not  thankful 
to  God;  he  becomes  vain  and  his  soul  is  accord- 
ingly obscured;  he  professes  himself  to  be  wise 
when  he  is  a  fool;  he  changes  the  glory  of  the  in- 
corruptible God  into  an  image  made  like  to  cor- 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  75 

ruptible  man.  Man  has  changed  the  truth  of 
God  into  a  lie,  and  worshipped  and  served  the 
creature  more  than  the  Creator,  who  is  blessed 
forever. 

God  causes  the  ungodly  to  be  punished. 
We  are  now  moving  toward  the  truth  with  rapid- 
ity, our  intellects  are  being  developed  but  we  are 
also  in  a  restless  state  because  there  is  none  that 
understandeth,  there  is  none  that  seeketh  after 
God.  They  are  all  gone  out  of  the  way,  they  are 
together  become  unprofitable;  there  is  none  that 
doeth  good,  no  not  one.  (Rom.  iii:  u.)  It  is 
time  we  were  awakened  to  a  realization  of 
our  situation  and  put  on  the  armour  of  faith,  put- 
ting our  houses  in  order  with  our  lamps  trimmed 
and  brightly  burning.  There  are  many  in  our 
midst  whom  Jude  describes  as  speaking  great 
swelling  words,  who  admire  men's  persons  because 
of  advantage.  But  we  are  cautioned  in  these  last 
times  who  should  be  mockers  and  walk  after  their 
own  ungodly  lusts. 

The  sensual  have  not  the  Spirit  of  God  in  them. 
It  is  only  God  our  Saviour  who  can  keep  us  from 
falling  and  bring  us  into  His  glory,  where  we 
shall  be  filled  with  exceeding  joy.  I  am  the 
beginning  (Alpha),  and  the  ending  (Omega),  which 
is,  and  which  was,  and  which  is  to  come.  This 
voice  or  spirit  was  heard  by  John  on  the  Isle  of 
Patmos  and  when  he  turned  to  see  the  voice  that 


76  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

spake  to  him,  he  saw  as  we  read  in  Revelations 
that  which  caused  him  great  fear  and  he  fell  as 
dead.  But  the  right  hand  was  laid  upon  John. 

The  meaning  of  hand  is  the  same  as  memory, 
(to  grasp,  to  hold,  to  fashion  and  hew,  to  yield 
power,  an  agency  strongly  exerted,  to  guide,  to 
direct,  to  be  firm  to  go  forward,  advancement). 
We  find  this  to  be  the  office  of  Gad  (memory). 
One  of  the  faculties,  John,  remembered  when  the 
right  hand  was  laid  upon  him.  John  was  told 
to  write  the  things  that  he  had  seen,  for  tl 
should  come  to  pass  hereafter. 

The  meaning  of  seven  is  (fulfilling  a  covenant 
bound  by  an  oath).  We  are  to  come  into  this 
covenant  that  He  has  made  with  us.  His  laws 
are  to  be  fulfilled,  and  the  seven  stars  are  to  be 
unfolded  in  the  mind  (the  candlesticks  represent 
the  faculties,  i  We  are  to  give  forth  light;  the 
words  would  burn  as  a  furnace  if  we  suppressed 
them.  Hide  not  your  light  under  a  bushel, 
but  put  it  in  a  candlestick  that  it  may  give  light 
unto  all  who  are  in  the  house. 

The  two-edged  sword  is  the  same  as  in  Eden, 
to  protect  the  Tree  of  Life.  The  meaning  of 
sword  (lays  waste,  and  would  seem  to  work  harm, 
to  cut,  to  fashion,  to  form,  to  hew).  These  mean- 
ings are  given  to  us  in  the  Hebrew  etymology, 
and  it  is  through  this  channel  that  we  have  been 
led  to  the  soul  of  the  Bible,  but  it  is  concealed 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  77 

from  us  until  we  put  forth  as  did  Saul  of  old,  the 
cry,  "O  God,  what  shall  I  do  to  be  saved?"  The 
prayer  will  be  answered;  for  God  helps  all  those 
who  help  themselves.  We  are  told  the  devil  will 
cast  some  of  us  into  prison  that  we  may  be  tried, 
but  if  we  are  faithful  unto  death  we  will  receive 
the  crown  of  life. 

"He  that  hath  an  ear  let  him  hear  what  the 
Spirit  saith  unto  the  churches."  Rev.  u:  29. 

"He  that  overcometh  shall  not  be  hurt  of  the 
second  death." 

To  him  that  overcometh  will  I  give  to  eat  of 
the  hidden  manna.  Rev.  n:  17. 

To  him  who  overcometh  and  keepeth  my  works 
unto  the  end,  to  him  will  I  give  power  over  the 
nations.  Rev.  1 1:  26. 

I  come  quickly  and  my  reward  is  with  me,  to 
every  man  according  as  his  works  shall  be. 

He  that  testifieth  these  things  saith,  Surely  I 
come  quickly.  Amen. 

"Amen"  is  the  Hebrew  word  for  "faith,"  which 
it  defines  as  the  union  of  the  mind  of  man  with 
God  through  knowledge  of  law  and  obedience 
thereto. 

We  would  not  take  up  this  work  of  His  unless 
somewhat  prepared  to  enter  into  the  interior  or 
soul  of  things.  We  do  not  profess  to  know 
much  more  than  the  first  letter  of  the  alphabet. 
But  from  Aleph  we  took  our  first  lesson. 


78  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

Every  man  is  brutish  in  his  knowledge:  every 
founder  is  confounded  by  the  graven  image:  for 
his  molten  image  is  falsehood,  and  there  is  no 
breath  in  them:  for  the  pastors  have  become 
brutish  and  have  not  sought  the  Lord:  therefore 
they  shall  not  prosper,  and  all  their  flocks  shall 
be  scattered.  Jer.  x:  14  to  21. 

In  our  work  we  must  know  of  the  first  and  the 
last.  Simon  (the  understanding)  serves  us  as  the 
foundation  or  rock  that  our  church  may  rest  upon; 
if  the  winds  blow  and  the  storms  beat  against  this 
foundation  it  remains  firm  or  sure. 

The  people  who  were  in  the  valley  while  Moses 
was  on  the  mount  writing  the  Laws  remained  longer 
than  a  few  days.  The  meaning  of  clay  (in  the 
etymology  of  the  Hebrew)  is  a  time  set  apart  to 
perform  a  certain  work,  a  full  cycle,  that  the  work 
may  be  completed.  We  read  in  Genesis  the 
world  was  created  in  six  clays,  but  know  it  took 
ages.  Some  good  people  will  not  question 
or  try  to  find  out  for  themselves  what  the 
Bible  really  does  mean,  but  take  it  for  granted 
that  Ciod  (whom  they  do  not  know)  is  all  power- 
ful. They  say  if  the  Bible  was  written  by  God  it 
satisfies  them,  for  they  cannot  doubt  Him  (whom 
they  know  not  ot);  if  the  Bible  reads  six  days, 
of  course  they  (dear  souls)  believe  it.  (Ignor- 
ance in  this  case  is  bliss),  but  we  do  not  think  it 
folly  to  be  wise,  for  the  Bible  reiterates  again  and 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  79 

again  that  wisdom  is  the  principal  thing  to  get 
hold  of.  "With  all  thy  getting  get  understand- 
ing." Prov.  iv:  7. 

So  it  is  we  start  out  on  our  mission,  having 
only  learned  the  first  letter  in  the  Hebrew  (Aleph), 
which  denotes  in  its  primary  sense  the  subdued 
nature  of  the  animal.  The  letter  was  drawn 
from  the  face  of  an  ox.  We  cannot  advance  in 
spiritual  things  until  the  animal  in  our  nature  is 
subdued;  and  Jesus  personified  this  statement. 
Paul  tells  us  we  worship  an  unknown  God,  and 
we  cannot  deny  his  statement  until  we  know  what 
the  true  God  is.  The  soul  of  the  Bible  was  pur- 
posely concealed  from  us,  in  other  words,  we  were 
not  ready  to  read  the  Bible  aright  before  now. 
In  this  we  see  the  wisdom  of  God.  The  outer 
meaning  of  the  Bible  proves,  as  the  statement 
given  by  Paul,  we  are  worshipping  ignorantly;  but 
Paul  got  the  light,  and  he  knew  the  truth;  there- 
fore Paul  was  not  afraid  to  tell  it,  even  to  King 
Agrippa. 

It  does  not  require  one  to  wear  long,  flowing 
garments,  or  to  imitate  the  look  in  the  oxen's  face. 
Neither  will  give  you  the  light  Paul  saw;  and  it  is 
this  light  that  God  speaks  of  as  coming  to  every 
soul  that  is  in  darkness.  Your  Free  Will,  com- 
bined with  Understanding,  (Asher  and  Simon, 
faculties  of  the  mind)  will  take  you  into  the 
pleasant  pastures  and  beside  the  still  waters  that 


80  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

David  enjoyed,   because    God   loved   David,  the 
God  that  loved  Paul. 

Paul  planted,  and  Appolos  watered;  it  was  for 
God  to  give  the  increase.  So  with  our  work, 
we  do  our  part,  and  leave  the  rest  with  Him 
who  reads  the  heart. 

In  parting  with  the  "Key,"  let  us  represent  it 
as  worthy  of  consideration.  St.  Peter  has  been 
(and  now  is  to  some)  a  symbol,  the  predecessor 
or  outward  of  the  coming  power,  but  when  we  like 
Peter,  are  received  into  fellowship  with  Jesus,  and 
receive  the  new  name,  Cephas — a  stone,  because 
he  was  firm  and  unyielding  in  righteousness,  a 
rock,  the  human  understanding,  then  we  enjoy 
the  fellowship  as  given  by  Jesus,  for  it  opens  the 
understanding,  and  we  cannot  deny  our  Master. 

Although  there  may  be  Herods  who  cannot 
favor  us,  we  know  their  house  is  left  to  them 
desolate,  and  they  cannot  see  Jesus  until  the  time 
comes  when  they  shall  say,  "Blessed  is  He  that 
cometh  in  the  name  of  the  Lord."  \Ye  take  the 
same  ground  that  Jesus  did  when  asked  'is  it  law- 
ful to  heal  on  the  Sabbath  Day:'"  We  do  our 
work  as  then;  when  duty  calls  us  we  are  ready. 

Again  we  take  the  position  of  the  poor  woman 
who  desired  to  fulfil  in  the  largest  measure  her 
obligation  to  God.  We  cast  in  our  mite  and  desire 
no  eye  but  His  to  fall  upon  it.  Our  contribution 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH,  8 1 

i 

is  small.  But  we  know  "The  hour  has  come 
when  the  Son  of  Man  should  be  glorified." 

"If  any  man  serve  me,  let  him  follow  me;  and 
where  I  am  there  shall  also  my  servant  be;  if  any 
man  serve  me,  him  will  my  Father  honor." 

''Walk  while  ye  have  the  light,  lest  darkness 
overtake  you;  be  the  children  of  light." 

If  we  were  not  in  the  state  called  darkness 
there  would  not  have  been  so  much  said  about  the 
light.  It  is  the  light  that  was  first  sent,  but  the 
darkness  comprehended  it  not.  Now  we  are  try- 
ing to  assist  the  darkened  mind  that  the  truth 
may  flash  in  upon  it  as  with  Paul  when  on  his 
journey,  he  was  crucifying  Jesus,  the  Light  of  Rea- 
son illuminated  his  mind,  he  saw  his  error  and 
asked  Gocl  to  forgive  him.  Let  us  be  true  to  our 
highest  state;  if  convinced  that  we  are  in  the  dark, 
seek  diligently  for  the  pure  gold  thrice  proven. 
Ask  what  you  will  in  my  name;  that  will  I  give 
unto  you.  Where  is  the  church  that  can  save 
your  soul?  It  is  a  means  unto  an  end,  but  it  is 
not  the  end.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  begin- 
ning and  the  end.  Give  God  all  the  praise,  all 
the  honor,  all  the  glory,  and  you  are  His  Son, 
then  your  mind  like  His  dearly  beloved  can  read 
all  things.  You  are  one  with  God. 

Our  principal  object  in  sending  this  "Key"  for- 
ward is  that  all  of  God's  children  may  be  en- 
lightened and  blest  through  spiritual  knowledge. 


82  TIIK    KKY  TO  TIIF.   KINCDOM, 

We  would  assist  each  of  His  children  to  enter 
the  kingdom  if  it  were  possible.  The  way  is  now 
open,  and  if  you  have  the  desire  to  know  God  or 
the  truth,  you  will  be  set  free,  as  the  writer  of  this 
little  work  is  each  day  made  to  realize  more  fully 
the  wonderful  workings  of  the  creative  power  of 
God.  This  state  goes  on  when  we  direct  our 
thoughts  into  the  highest  channel  (the  spiritual), 
and  1  I  is  words  made  manifest,  "1  send  my  Son  to 
save  tin-  world." 

Jesus  has  come  to  the  mind  that  can  cone 
[esus  as  a  pure  life;  we  must   Live  It.      The  king- 
dom is  then  established    upon   the   earth;    it    has 
always   been    in    heaven.      H  is  an  expan 

something  beaten  out,  broadened,  made  to  hold. 
Thus  the:  mind  is  through  the  intellectual  nature 
unfolded  and  dwelling  upon  spiritual  things  Japhet 
rests  in  time  in  the  tents  of  Shem.  Gen.  ii:  5. 

The  mind  is  led  from  signs  and  forms  to  the 
truth  through  the  etymology  of  the  Hebrew  and 
Greek,  as  given  by  Ghesenious,  Parkhurst  and 
others.  God's  orderly  method  in  creation  is  then 
made  clear  to  the  eye  that  can  see,  and  you  enter 
unto  the  kingdom. 

Unto  Shem  also,  the  father  of  all  the  children 
of  Eber,  (the  meaning  of  Eber  is  crossing  the 
river)  the  brother  of  Japhet  the  elder,  even  to 
him  were  children  born.  Gen.  x:  21. 

Water  in  all  its  form  indicates  creative  power, 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  83 

energy  or  motion  (in  the  etymology  of  the  He- 
brew) .  Then  we  read  that  Eber's  children  crossed 
the  swift,  flowing  river  in  the  Jordan  (overcoming 
their  low  nature  thereby),  or  they  were  instructed 
in  spiritual  things  and  delivered  by  Joshua,  whose 
name  means  the  same  as  Jesus.  Joshua  saved 
the  children  of  Israel,  who  are  to  forever  praise 
Jehovah  for  the  great  wealth  bestowed  upon  them, 
possessing  blessings  of  wisdom  and  health. 

To  be  a  son  of  God  and  heir  to  the  eternal 
kingdom,  we  must  be  the  children  of  Shem  (or 
spirituality);  then  all  confusion  is  banished  from 
the  mind,  the  wilderness  is  passed,  and  the  manna 
from  heaven  sustains  us.  This  is  God's  promise. 
Gen.  ix:  27. 

This  is  the  covenant,  saith  the  Lord,  if  ye  keep 
my  commandments,  I  will  be  to  you  a  God,  and 
ye  shall  be  my  people.  Ask  what  ye  will  in  my 
name,  that  will  I  give  unto  you. 

Let  us  ask  for  more  light  or  reason,  which  God 
declared  in  the  beginning  was,  but  the  darkness 
could  not  comprehend  it.  Adam  and  Eve  were 
naked,  but  were  not  ashamed.  Gen.  ii:  25. 
Why?  Because  they  could  not  reason;  their  minds 
were  very  low  or  feeble.  This  state  was  naked  «r 
unadorned. 

We  are  now  beginning  to  reason,  as  we  have 
partially  cultivated  the  garden,  and  Adam,  the 
earth,  gives  us  this  product,  reason.  It  is  the 


84  TIIK    KKY  TO  THK   KINGDOM, 

light  of  the  Logos,  word  or  speak  that  was  at  the 
beginning;  it  was  God  and  is  God.  Now  we  see, 
our  eyes  are  open;  we  understand  and  perceive 
our  nakedne 

Banah  (house)  means  the  same  as  Son  (in  the 
etymology  of  the  Hebrew).  The  temple  or  house 
mind  is  not  yet  complete;  thus  reason  cannot  be  sent 
forth.  That  this  is  the  rock  or  stone  that  was 
laid  at  the  mouth  of  the  den,  which  the  king  scaled 
with  his  signet,  there  can  be  no  doubt,  for  Dan 
denotes  judgment,  and  the  lions  did  not  hurt 
Daniel,  because  (iod  said,  Fear  not  Daniel,  for 
from  the  first  day  that  thou  didst  set  thine  heart 
to  understand  and  to  chasten  thyself  before  tin- 
God,  thy  words  were  heard.  The  angel  said,  ; 
man  greatly  beloved,  fear  not,  peace  be  unto  thee, 
stand  upright  and  fear  not  Daniel.  Thus  he 
overcame  the  lions  in  the  den.  Because  lie  had 
faith  in  God  he  was  to  be  steadfast  forever,  and 
his  kingdom  is  not  to  be  destroyed;  he  is  to  have 
dominion  unto  the  end.  This  is  what  (Dan)  judg- 
ment will  do  for  us,  when  we  like  Daniel  set  our  • 
hearts  to  understanding  God.  This  state  worketh 
wonders  in  the  earth,  for  men  tremble  and  fear 
before  the  God  of  Daniel.  He  is  the  living  God. 


*Thus,  if  the  low  state  should  peep  and  mutter 
know    their    eyes  are  not  yet    open,  they  cannot    discern    good 
from  evil,  right  from  wrong. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  85 

He  that  overcometh  shall  inherit  all  things,  and 
I  will  be  his  God,  and  he  shall  be  my  son.  Rev. 
xxi:  7. 

This  passage  does  not  give  us  reason  to  think 
that  sin  (ignorance)  is  to  be  overcome  or  pardoned 
by  the  prayers  of  another.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  that  ignorance  in  time  will  be  overcome. 

Our  salvation  is  assured  when  we  know  God. 
Then  in  this  glorious  age  of  reason  why  not  ask 
for  more  light  concerning  spiritual  things.  All 
things  are  promised  to  those  who  overcome  ignor- 
ance. 

We  reiterate  the  Bible  is  the  travail  of  the  soul, 
or  the  history  of  the  human  family,  as  it  began  in 
Adam  and  was  perfected  in  Jesus  the  Christ. 

Then  let  us  admire  wisdom,  even  in  the  little 
ant,  who  is  wise  and  prepares  its  meat  in  the 
summer.  Prov.  xxx:  25. 

Being  born  again,  not  of  corruptible  seed,  but 
of  incorruptible,  by  the  word  of  God,  which  liveth 
and  acbideth  forever.  Peter  i:  23. 

Let  us  ascend  once  more  together  on  the  mount 
with  our  twelve  principal  faculties  developed  to 
praise  God.  We  like  Paul  understand  (through 
our  ignorance)  we  worshipped  the  unknown  God. 

We  were  thereby  held  in  the  signs  and  forms, 
by  parables  and  allegories,  isms  and  creeds,  but 
we  now  see,  know  and  understand  that  they  were 
all  as  necessary  in  the  unfoldment  of  the  mind  as 


86  TIN-:  KKV  TO  THK  KIN<;I»O.M, 

the    various    means  or    grades    are    offered    to 
the  child  until  it  can  reason  for  itself. 

Reason  is  God.  This  is  our  rock,  and  eternal 
is  its  foundation.  The  soul  of  the  Bible  has  given 
us  the  truth.  The  husk  was  necessary,  for  we 
have  been  in  the  low  or  swine  state,  but  now  we 
desire  to  be  sons  of  God  ami  heirs  to  the  Eternal 
Kingdom;  therefore  we  are  called  to  partake  of 
the  hidden  manna,  the  Bread  of  Life,  that  which 
sustains  the  soul. 

To  eat  of  the  Tree  of  Knowledge-  we  must  obey 
His  Will  in  all  tilings.  Kxodus  2;,.  The  an. 
that  He  has  sent  to  bring  us  into  the  place  which 
He  has  prepared,  we  must  obey.  We  are  not 
to  provoke  him,  for  he  will  not  pardon  our  trans- 
gressions. God's  name  is  in  this  angel.  We  are 
told  if  we  obey  the  angel's  voice  and  do  all  that 
God  speaks,  then  our  enemies  and  adversaries 
are  to  be  overcome  by  God.  This  angel  is  to  cut 
off  forever  the  Amorites,  and  the  Hitties,  the 
Perizzites,  and  the  Canaanites,  the  Hivites,  and  the 
Jebusities;  these  are  our  enemies  (our  evil  or 
wrong  thoughts,  desires,  appetites  and  propen- 
sities). They  are  to  be  utterly  overthrown,  and 
their  images  broken  down.  Then  we  may  wor- 
ship the  Lord  our  God  for  he  blesses  our  bread 
and  water.  He  takes  away  sickness  from  our 
midst.  He  tells  us  this  work  is  to  be  done  little 
by  little  not  in  one  year,  (well  we  know  this  to  be 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  87 

a  truth),  lest  the  land  become  desolate,  and  the 
beasts  of  the  field  multiply  against  our  higher 
nature  before  it  is  fully  established.  God  will 
put  these  tribes  to  flight  just  as  He  does  all  of 
His  work  gradually;  then  the  angel  leads  us  to  the 
fountain  head,  for  we  no  longer  wander  in  confu- 
sion. Simon  (the  understanding)  is  developed, 
and  "we  know  it  is  Christ."  This  is  the  sum 
and  substance  of  our  life,  to  acquire  knowledge, 
and  with  all  our  getting  we  are  told  to  get  under- 
standing. To  reconstruct  or  rearrange  the  ma- 
terial that  we  have  now  at  hand  will  keep  us  for  a 
time  busy;  regeneration  or  a  new  birth  cannot 
come  to  the  individual  mind  until  it  is  through 
with  signs  and  forms  as  we  find  them  to-day  in 
the  churches.  We  must  know  God  in  truth,  the 
high  and  mighty  Gocl  who  numbered  the  heavens, 
and  ordered  the  earth,  who  created  all  things  for 
a  wise  purpose,  who  made  man  in  the  image  and 
likeness  of  Himself,  (how  far  are  we  now  from  the 
Perfected  One?).  The  mind  of  man  was  to  be 
gradually  built,  then  it  calls  out  to  know  God  and 
finds  the  true  temple,  then  develop  perception 
(Rheuben)  to  see.  It  was  from  the  beginning 
ordained  that  we  should  be  led  just  as  we  have 
been  until  we  know  through  perception  (our 
first  faculty)  that  the  true  temple  (the 
mind)  was  built  without  the  sound  of  a  ham- 
mer. All  things  are  made  clear  to  the  eye  that 


88  TIII-:  KI.Y  TO  TIIK  KINGDOM, 

can  see  and  the  ear  that  hears.  The  cold-hearted 
selfishness  must  be  overcome  by  love  to  God  and 
man.  We  are  one  family;  He  is  our  Father;  the 
brotherhood  is  bound  by  Christ  who  gave  His 
life  to  save  ours  from  ignorance,  which  is  sin  and 
death.  Let  us  on  our  journey  heavenward  do  as 
]rsu>  did,  call  all  men  brothers.  He  said  to  those 
who  told  Him  that  His  mother  and  sisters  were 
waiting  outside  the  temple  for  Him,  It  was  those 
who  did  the  Will  of  His  Father  who  were  His 
sisters  and  1  lis  mother.  Can  we  not  draw  near 
to  God  in  this  same  spirit  of  truth,  and  do  His 
Will  then  in  return  we  know  all  things  for 
Simon  is  unfolded  within  us,  and  our  visit  to  the 
mount  will  always  give  us  strength,  beams'- 
reason  with  the  twelve  (not  one  or  two  facu! 

The  state  of  consciousness  that  Jesus  posse- 
we  may  also  enjoy,  when  we  like.1  Him  are  will- 
ing to  do  our  Father's  bidding.  Jesus  came  to 
fulfil  the  Law,  not  to  destroy  it.  He  brought  us 
grace  and  truth.  When  the  understanding 
(Simon)  is  developed  you  will  see  all  thing 
they  are;  God  directs  us  in  the  highest  chan- 
nel when  we  obey  His  voice,  which  comes  from 
the  interior  or  Ark  of  the  Covenant.  John 
makes  ready  the  way  for  Him  who  is  mightier,  as 
John  baptizes  with  water,  but  Christ  baptizes 
with  the  Holy  Ghost;  let  us  get  out  of  the  wilder- 
ness in  this  enlightened  age  and  not  grope  about 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  89 

in  the  dark,  following  strange  or  false  Gods,  pro- 
voking the  true  and  living  God  with  our  ignor- 
ance. Our  philosophy  or  science  is  not  new  (but 
as  old  as  the  world;)  it  was  laid  with  the  founda- 
tion of  the  world;  it  is  the  Logos  or  Word  that 
was  at  the  beginning;  it  is  reason  the  same  that 
was  thrown  in  upon  Paul's  mind  as  he  was  on 
his  way  to  Damascus;  it  outshone  the  brightness 
of  the  sun;  he  was  told  to  stand  upon  his  feet  and 
go  forth  as  a  minister  to  turn  all  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact  from  darkness  to  light,  and  from 
the  power  of  Satan  to  God,  that  they  might  re- 
ceive forgiveness  of  sins.  This  is  what  our  New 
(or  old)  Philosophy  will  do  for  those  who  are 
ready  to  turn  from  the  creeds  and  dogmas  of  the 
present  day  that  hold  the  mind  in  darkness.  We 
must  reason  and  think  for  ourselves  that  we  like 
Paul  may  obey  the  voice  of  Jesus.  Light  will 
rule  prejudice  or  darkness  out  of  existence;  follow 
Him  and  Him  only  if  you  would  be  truly  happy. 

The  inner  meaning  of  the  Bible  tells  us  the 
Garden  of  Eden  stands  for  the  physical  system 
controlled  by  the  soul  of  man;  all  that  is  related 
of  it  must  describe  different  parts  and  functions 
of  the  human  body. 

Thus  the  river  of  Eden  stands  for  the  stream 
of  vital  power,  nervous  energy,  which  governs 
the  performance  of  the  organic  functions  of  the 
body. 


QO  THE   KKV  TO  THE   KINGDOM. 

This  river  has  its  rise  in  the  nerve  centers  of 
the  brain,  and  from  thence  it  is  parted  and 
becomes  into  four  heads;  that  is,  it  distributes 
power  to  the  four  fundamental  departments  of 
the  animal  economy.  Circulation  is  represented 
in  the  Bible,  Gen.  ii,  as  the  river  Pison  and  called 
the  first  river,  compassing-  the  whole  land  of 
Havilah  Respiration,  is  represented  by  Gihon  the 
second  river  mentioned  in  Genesis-  as  that  which 
compusseth  the  whole  land  of  Ethiopia.  Diges- 
tion is  represented  as  the  third  river  Hid- 
dekel,  which  goeth  toward  the  East  of  Assyria; 
the  fourth  river  is  Generation  and  in  the  Bible  is 
called  Euphrates,  (L.  of  E. )  \V<-  would  not  here 
refer  to  these  rivers  except  to  prove  our  assertion 
that  man  as  yet  knows  nothing  of  himself  (sub- 
jectively), consequently  can  not  know  God.  As 
the  infant  po  innately  the  attributes  of 

manhood  and  yet  cannot  make  them  known  till 
after  many  years.  So  it  is  with  man;  from  his 
primitive  state  it  has  taken  a  process  of  growth 
and  extention  to  bring  the  mind  where  it  may 
stand  alone  with  God.  \Ve  ha\  feeble 

in  the  race  that  we  have  not  understood  law;  how 
then  could  we  conform  to  it?  \Ve  have  blindly 
worshipped  water,  fire,  trees,  mountains  and  men, 
but  now  we  must  develop  our  understanding  and 
say  as  did  Simon  of  old,  "I  know  thou  art  the 
Christ."  This  state  gives  us  peace,  joy  and  ever- 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  9! 

lasting  pleasure.  This  state  pleases. God  and  He 
blesses  us  for  striving  to  learn  of  Him  through 
His  works  and  ways  in  Creation;  then  science 
will  shake  hands  with  religion  and  all  men  are- 
brothers  because  we  could  not  believe  like 
Thomas,  until  we  put  our  hand  in  the  hole  in  His 
side.  It  caused  hard  feelings  to  exist  as  Paul 
stated  to  King  Aggrippa.  We  were  thrust  into 
prison  and  left  to  starve  as  we  could  not  see  or 
think  like  those  who  essayed  to  be  Christians,  for 
they  belonged  to  the  strictest  sect  as  did  Paul, 
until  his  eyes  were  opened  by  the  light  of  Reason. 

All  men  will  be  as  brothers  in  time,  but  the 
change  will  come  gradually  as  each  soul  feels  the 
fire  of  affliction;  it  melts  or  softens  the  cold  heart- 
edness  toward  our  fellow  men;  we  must  look  upon 
ourselves  as  souls  sent  here  to  clo  a  work  to 
become  Sons  of  God  and  heirs  to  the  kingdom  of 
heaven;  then  we  extend  the  right  hand  of  fellow- 
ship. 

If  the  prayer  from  each  soul  can  go  forth  to 
Gocl  for  light  and  's  sent  from  the  interior  or 
Ark  of  the  Covenant,  (no  formulated  prayer  for 
the  unfolded  mind)  then  the  light  will  come 
and  we  will  be  Pauls  seeking  to  draw  all  men 
to  God.  No  house  of  worship  is  needed  by  Paul 
he  worshipped  in  spirit  and  truth.  It  would  be 
well  if  we  could  take  some  of  our  costly  edifices 
reared  skyward  and  built  for  the  exterior  worship- 


92  Till-:  KEY  TO  TIIK    KINGDOM, 

of  God,  as  was  inscribed  on  the  altar  in  Athens, 
To  the  Unknown.  It  would  be  well  we  say, 
to  turn  the  same  into  free  homes,  educate  the 
poor,  feed  the  poor,  then  you  may  lead  the  poor 
to  God;  scatter  the  gold,  God  gave  it  freely;  the 
bread  of  Life  is  of  much  more  value  and  this  you 
receive  in  return.  Jesus  said,  "The  poor  ye  have 
always  with  you.  We  should  understand  that 
he  meant  the  nature  of  man  was  yet  so  low  or 
poor  that  we  always  have  an  opportunity  to  do 
better,  this  state  Jesus  loved  because  He  brought 
it  up  higher  each  time  He  expressed  His  nature. 
Then  let  Jesus  speak  in  all  our  actions  and  the 
poor  we  will  befriend.  God  is  the  Father  of  both 
rich  and  poor.  If  we  are  covetous  the  sin  will 
fall  upon  our  heads.  Vengeance  is  mine,  saith 
the  Lord. 

\Ve  should  be  ready  to  enter  the  promised 
land  our  rightful  inheritance.  God's  gift  to  man, 
a  mind  at  rest  because  it  knows  Gocl  and  is 
happy.  Love  to  God  will  cause  us  to  extend  our 
hand  to  the  neighbor  and  assist  all  souls  to  the 
highest  state  in  existence,  which  is  to  know  our 
Father,  through  obedience  to  His  Will  we  enter 
the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  for  a  Son  of  God  and 
heir  to  the  highest  kingdom,  will  represent  Im- 
manuel,  God  in  the  flesh.  The  entire  process  of 
regeneration  consists  of  refusing  evil  and  choos- 
ing good  as  a  principle  of  life. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  93 

This  work  can  be  better  performed  when  we 
understand  God's  plan  for  our  redemption.  It 
must  be  admitted  that  there  is  more  pleasure  in 
possessions  acquired  through  individual  exertion 
to  obtain  the  same,  than  if  we  have  possessions 
bestowed  upon  us  gratuitously.  Thus  the  law  of 
compensation  holds  good  in  all  departments  of 
our  lives,  but  more  especially  in  the  Spiritual  is  it 
understood.  We  know  it  is  more  blessed  to 
give  than  to  receive,  for  the  giving  constitutes  a 
law  and  the  blessing  is  sure  to  follow. 

The  Bible  was  created  to  lead  man  from  his 
infant  state  in  Adam,  up  to  the  perfect  state 
Jesus  the  Christ. 

We  claim  no  one  can  worship  God  as  they 
should  (which  is  to  overcome  ignorance),  to  .have 
fixed  and  stamped  upon  the  mind  the  orderly 
process  by  which  all  life  has  come  forth  from  that 
eternal  creative  cause  made  known  in  the  names 
of  Elohim  and  Jehovah.  It  is  to  know  the  way 
by  which  the  life  of  God  has  gone  forth,  entered 
into  and  become  a  part  of  everything  that  has 
existence.  It  is  to  understand  and  obey  the  laws 
He  has  written  through  ages  of  development  in 
the  physical,  intellectual  and  moral  natures  of  man. 
This  prepares  the  way  for  a  knowledge  of  Christ, 
which  principle  must  be  embodied  in  our  lives  to 
have  power  from  the  Most  High,  (L.  of  L.) 

The   iniquity  or  ignorance  of  the  parent  shall 


94  THE  KEY  TO    I  I  IK   KINGDOM, 

descend  to  the  children  from  generation  to  gen- 
eration, whereas,  if  the  parents  have  overcome 
their  ignorance  by  a  life  guided  and  governed  by 
the  Anointed  One,  as  love  to  their  fellowman, 
etc.,  then  health,  virtue  and  goodness  are  trans- 
mitted to  the  offspring.  In  time  the  low,  selfish 
nature  will  be  overcome  by  the  highest,  which  is 
God. 

"Let  us  give  to  Caesar  those  things  which  be- 
long to  Ca -sar,  but  unto  God  the  things  that 
belong  to  God." 

It  has  required  these  long  years  (  1 800)  to 
build  the  mind  of  man  (God's  greatest  work), 
where  it  may  now  unflinchingly  speak  the  truth 
as  God  ordained  it  should  in  time  know  the  truth 
and  free  itself  \Ye  have  as  religionists,  ist,  Jews, 
7,931,080;  2nd,  Christians,  380,000,000;  3rd, 
Mohammedans,  200,000,000;  4th,  Brahmins,  177,- 
000,000;  5th,  Buddhists,  etc.,  450,000,000,  accord- 
ing to  statistical  writers  is  the  present  religious 
population  of  the  globe.  Then  this  population  is 
divided  into  twenty  or  more  denominations,  prov- 
ing conclusively  man  is  not  yet  able  to  see  face  to 
face  or  he  would  be  worshipping  from  the  temple 
built  without  the  sound  of  a  hammer;  then  all 
would  see  alike  from  the  true  temple.  1 1  Chron. 
2.  The  building  of  this  temple  has  taken  all  these 
years,  when  now  a  few,  a  very  few,  from  out  of  the 
many  religionists  are  prepared  to  read  the  Book 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  95 

of  Books  understandingly.  If  we  are  ready  to 
take  up  the  cross  and  follow  Him  who  is  the  way, 
the  truth  and  the  light,  then  we  enter  the  city  of 
Jerusalem.  Solomon  means  peaceful.  This  state 
leads  us;  our  work  is  subjective,  and  we  must  read 
aright  the  Word  of  God  to  worship  in  truth. 

This  state  can  only  be  reached  when  we  have 
outgrown  or  have  no  further  use  for  any  of  the 
religions  that  man  has  established  upon  the  earth. 
All  things  have  been  necessary,  but  progression 
is  God's  law,  and  we  advance  to  make  use  of  our 
free  or  individual  Will,  guided  by  His  Will  who 
tells  us  to  come  unto  Him  for  the  true  rest  our 
soul  craves;  we  find  it,  and  bow  to  our  loving 
Father's  Will  for  establishing  our  minds  as  like 
Solomon  we  also  ask  God  for  wisdom  and  knowl- 
edge above  all  else,  and  our  prayer  is  answered; 
we  now  understand  something  of  the  mind  of 
man. 

"Man  lived  upon  this  planet  and  delved  into  the 
earth  before  he  was  able  to  read  the  record 
written  in  the  rocks  by  the  finger  of  the  Almighty, 
telling  of  the  gradual  processes  employed,  and 
the  immense  periods  of  time  required  in  its  forma- 
tion. It  no  longer  seems  incredible,  as  otherwise 
it  might,  that  learned  theologians  and  philologists 
should  have  critically  analyzed  and  compared  every 
word  and  letter  in  the  original  Scriptures,  and  yet 
never  caught  a  glimpse  of  the  real  significance  of 


96  THE  KEY  TO  THE  KINGDOM, 

those  root  etymologies  which  in  the  Law  of  Laws 
are  shown  to  reveal  the  same  orderly  method  of 
creation  in  the  domain  of  Mind  that  Geology  un- 
folds in  the  realm  of  matter.  The  heavens  have 
been  searched  and  the  component  forces  and 
factors  of  earth  and  air  and  sea,  closely  invest- 
igated and  carefully  classified,  disclosing  the  many 
and  mighty  fixed  principles  operating  through 
nature  in  all  its  forms. 

For  the  performance  of  this  work,  grand  and 
necessary  as  it  has  been,  intellectual  perception 
is  all  that  has  been  required;  but  for  the  dis 
and  apprehension  of  the  Law  of  Laws,  a  spiritual 
perception  is  essential.  All  things  an-  made  clear 
through  a  study  of  these  works.  The  origin  of 
man  and  his  evolution,  the  reason  of  the  dill 
ences  of  races,  languages  and  religions,  the  true 
nature  of  the  new  birth  and  redemption,  the  con- 
dition of  the  disembodied  soul,  heaven,  hell  and 
probation  after  death  are  presented  so  that  the 
method  of  God  in  the  progressive  creation  of 
man  is  as  easily  understood  as  the  first  principles 
of  science.  All  the  labor  and  striving  of  men  and 
nations  in  the  past,  as  portrayed  in  every  depart- 
ment of  human  history,  are  shown  as  an  out- 
wrought  expression  of  the  inworking  of  the 
Divine  Power,  preparing  the  foundation,  broad 
and  strong,  in  the  physical,  intellectual  and  moral 
natures  of  man  for  the  glorious  superstructure, 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH.  97 

the  spiritual,  which  brings  Christ  universal  into 
the  souls  of  men."  (Quotation  from  Law  of  Laws.) 
We  must  free  ourselves  from  all  doctrines  to 
adore  the  true  and  living  God  in  nature.  God 
reads  the  heart;  He  knows  His  sheep  and  we 
know  our  shepherd;  therefore  we  do  not  swell 
the  number  as  Religionists.  We  cultivate  the 
spiritual  garden  (the  mind)  and  destroy  the  tares 
and  thistles  least  they  choke  out  the  Word  of 
God  (which  means  to  number  or  order  all  things 
according  to  grade.)  God  is  Law  and  we  must 
live  by  law  to  please  the  Maker  of  Laws.  The 
soul  of  the  Bible  was  purposely  concealed  until 
now,  when  some  minds  are  strong  enough  to  de- 
mand the  meat  or  food  prepared  and  found  in  the 
etymology  of  the  Hebrew — all  we  require  to  open 
our  spiritual  eyes.  We  then  receive  and  are 
born  from  above  (the  head)  or  the  Mind  is  un- 
folded and  we  see  all  things  clear,  not  trough  the 
glass  darkly.  This  is  Simon  Peter,  the  Under- 
standing, the  Key  to  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven  a 
state  of  consciousness  which  we  enter  into  while 
living  on  earth. 

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from  the  very  first,  to  write  unto  thee  in  order,  most  excellent  Theophilus  (one 
who  loves  God),  that  thou  mightest  know  the  certainty  of  those  things,  wherein 
thou  hast  been  instructed.  St.  Luke  i:  3,  4. 

W.  M.  R.  DIMOND. 


98  TIIK    KKY  TO 

FROM  OBJECTIVE  TO  SUBJECTIVE. 

We  find  in  our  study  that  Jacob's  twelve  sons 

Went  off  as  the  tribes,  thus  history  runs. 

As  twelve  tribes  of  Israel  they  go  to  explore 

The  land  and  the  sea;  but  now  we  implore 

The  mind  that  is  ready  to  reason  and  think, 

To  turn  their  thoughts  into  the  garden,  this  link 

As  in  Eden,  we  cannot  deny,  faculties  are  broadened 

If  with  God  we  abide;  we  reason  and  think 

As  never  before,  for  all  is  made  clear  if  the  mind  will  explore. 

We  would  not  prevaricate,  why  should  we  try? 

We  now  know  the  reason,  the  where  and  the  why, 

For  God  does  enlighten  the  mind,  if  'twill  turn 

From  the  signs,  forms  and  symbols,  if  willing  to  learn 

Of  His  orderly  method,  as  seen  in  creation 

Where  all  is  made  clear,  and  with  due  admiration 

We  behold  God  in  all  things;  we  now  find  the  truth, 

All  that  is  established,  and  all  have  a  worth, 

From  the  least  to  the  greatest,  from  man  unto  God. 

The  mind  now  unfolds;  by  His  blessed  mode 

We  are  slowly  prepared  to  reason  and  think 

For  ourselves;  then  we  find  the  long  missing  link 

Through  churches  established.     They  all  do  their  work 

For  those  who  require  them;  we  will  not  shirk 

The  way  God  has  opened;  we  follow  His  plan. 

It  leads  to  salvation,  and  man  unto  man 

Cannot  give  this  great  gift;  it  is  God's. 

When  you  seek,  you  shall  find. 

This  we  know  through  His  Word,  and  thus  speak  our  mind. 


OR  HEAVEN  UPON  EARTH. 

THE  TWELVE  PRINCIPAL  FACULTIES  OF  THE 

MIND. 

Rheuben  is  perception,  to  see  or  to  know, 
Simon,  understanding,  in  truth  it  is  so; 
Levi,  association,  this  faculty  links, 
Judah,  with  Abraham,  faith  it  represents; 
Dan  stands  for  judgment,  to  choose,  to  decide, 
Napthali,  crafty,  let  it  not  abide; 
Gad,  which  is  memory,  labors  to  pierce, 
Asher,  the  will,  let  its  firmness  ne'er  cease; 
Issiacher  is  selfish,  let  it  be  denied, 
Zebelurn  is  social,  have  pleasure,  not  pride; 
Joseph,  constructive,  is  laden  with  thought, 
Benjamin,  conscientious,  the  spirit  has  wrought. 

LET  THERE  BE  LIGHT. 
Let  us  throw  forth  these  twelve  great  lights; 
They  will  illumine  the  mind;  our  nights 
Would  be  both  dark  and  drear, 

If  'twere  not  for  constellations  though  faculties  here; 
For  we  have  turned  to  look  within 
And  find  the  truth;  we  know  that  sin 
Is  that  which  changes,  can't  endure; 
Which  truth  opposes,  and  will  secure 
In  time,  as  ignorance  is  evil  too, 
And  perishes,  but  this  we  know, 
That  God  created  Man  or  Mind 
To  be  spiritualized,  though  still  we're  blind. 

THE  FIRST  FRUITS. 

As  each  soul  unfolds  like  a  flower, 

And  turns  unto  God  with  a  prayer, 
'Twill  know  the  true  God  from  that  hour; 

Creeds,  signs  and  forms  then  disappear. 


IOO  THE   KEY  TO  TIIK  KINGDOM, 

Let  us  stand  firm  and  fast  by  our  Maker, 
The  God  of  our  soul,  which  is  He 

Who's  awakened;  it  slept  as  a  creature, 
But  now  we  sing  praises  to  Thee. 

Then  direct  your  thoughts  to  the  Godhead; 

Seek  early  and  late  till  you  find 
Your  Saviour  within,  for  in  your  head 

Is  the  soul;  it's  imprisoned  by  mind. 

God  gave  it  to  you,  then  return  it; 

The  Father  was  pleased  with  but  One. 
It  was  Jesus,  the  Christ,  and  He  teacheth 

The  love  of  His  Father  as  Son. 

God  sent  His  dear  Son  as  a  pattern 
Or  type;  shall  wre  follow  His  plan? 

Then  kill  God's  opponent,  old  Satan, 
For  this  is  the  work  given  man. 

We  find  that  our  earthy  is  Adam, 

Its  opposite  known  to  he  1C \ 
The  garden  of  lulen  with  culture 

Brings  forth  divine  product  as  seed. 

The  seed  that  was  thrown  by  the  wayside 
It  fell  on  the  soil;  'twas  prepared 

And  bore  at  the  harvest  an  hundred; 
God  watched  it,  and  with  us  He  shared. 

Oh,  let  the  good  seed  scatter  freely, 
Prepare  then  the  Adam  or  earth; 

Let  Eve  do  her  part  to  receive  it, 
When  in  the  new  life  we  have  birth. 

Except  ye  are  born  from  above  then, 

Which  means  in  the  Head,  for  we  know 

We  cannot  commune  with  our  Father 
While  dwelling  on  earth  or  below. 

Then  stir  up  the  soil  in  your  nature, 
Let  God  speak  to  you  from  the  soul; 

Dominion  you'll  have  o'er  the  creature, 
As  written  by  Him  on  the  scroll. 


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